Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Prohibits the lock-out of a tenant by the landlord. Provides a list of what constitutes a lockout. Lists permissible actions by a tenant if the condition of a dwelling place falls below the standard required by the Act due to the action or omission of the landlord and if the condition violation was not caused by the tenant. Effective immediately.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Professional Regulation.
Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes county probation officers eligible for the sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) formula; requires an affirmative resolution of the employer. Allows these probation officers to convert non-SLEP service as a probation officer into SLEP credit by paying the difference in employee contributions plus interest; waives the interest if payment is made within one year; requires an affirmative resolution by the employer. Effective immediately.
Creates the Uniform Mediation Act. Sets forth the scope of mediation to which the Act applies. Provides that a mediation communication is privileged. Creates exceptions. Provides that the privilege can be waived if all parties agree. Prohibits a mediator from reporting certain information concerning a mediation to a court, administrative agency, or other authority that may make a ruling on the dispute that is the subject of the mediation. Provides that mediation communications are confidential. Requires a mediator to disclose any conflict of interest. Provides that the Act is severable. Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the Uniform Mediation Act shall govern all mediations under the Condominium Property Act. Effective January 1, 2004.
Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications for certification.
Amends the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act. Deletes language providing that a group may not adopt an interstate highway for purposes of litter collection. Provides that a group may not allow a person under the age of 18 to collect litter along an interstate highway.
Amends the Uniform Commercial Code. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to employers correctly classified within the construction industry, the amount charged to the insured for workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance shall be based upon hours worked by employees in specific job categories or classifications, not the wages or salaries paid to the employees.
Amends the Capital Crimes Litigation Act. Provides that moneys in the Capital Litigation Trust Fund shall be used to pay for forensic testing of evidence that was not subject to testing at the time of the defendant's conviction in a capital first degree murder case because the technology was not available but in which new technology permits DNA testing and the testing has the scientific potential to produce new, noncumulative evidence materially relevant to the defendant's assertion of actual innocence.
Creates the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of Corrections Offenders, Significant Others, and Family Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Health shall jointly develop and implement an HIV/AIDS prevention education program targeted to offenders incarcerated in Department of Corrections facilities, significant others, and family of adult and juvenile prison inmates. Provides that the Illinois Department of Corrections shall: (1) provide, in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities and prisons, printed information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases and referral information to community-based-providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services throughout Illinois; (2) display in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities and prisons an HIV/AIDS informational video, produced by a national organization with expertise in HIV/AIDS prevention; (3) provide written information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates upon entrance to a detention center or prison and offer voluntary HIV/AIDS testing to all inmates; and (4) provide written information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates just prior to their release from custody and referral to appropriate community based organizations that provide HIV/AIDS services and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing. Provides that one year after implementation of this Act, the Illinois Department of Corrections shall report to the Illinois General Assembly on the effectiveness of this program in increasing voluntary HIV/AIDS testing. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires that a person committed to a Department of Corrections' facility to pay the total cost of medical and dental services (rather than just a $2 co-payment). Provides that victims insurance companies shall be reimbursed by the person committed to the Department.
Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
