Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning clinical training programs.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Reduces the amounts various fees to be collected by the Environmental Protection Agency. Sets forth new procedures for the collection of NPDES fees and requires that all moneys collected from the fees be deposited into the Illinois Clean Water Fund. Repeals Sections concerning air pollution operating permit fees and fees for water quality certification. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Clean Water Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes a stylistic change in provisions concerning the posting of a summary of the Minimum Wage Law.
Amends the Solicitation for Charity Act. Makes technical changes to a Section concerning severability.
Amends the Local Government Debt Limitation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section exempting certain indebtedness of fire protection districts from the indebtedness limitation of the Act.
Amends the Municipal Wastewater Disposal Zones Act. Adds a caption to a Section defining terms under the Act.
Makes supplemental appropriations to the FY04 appropriations to the Department of Human Rights, Department of Human Services, Department of Public Aid, Department of Transportation, Department of State Police, Department of Veterans Affairs, Civil Service Commission and Ill. Labor Relations Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides a time frame during which the Department of Professional Regulation may accept 10 years of cosmetology experience in lieu of specified requirements for licensure. Effective immediately.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act of 2004. Provides that qualified third-party dispute resolution processes may be used to resolve certain disputes between certain new vehicle buyers and manufacturers concerning a nonconformity that substantially impairs the use, value, or safety of a new vehicle. Provides that, if a qualified third-party dispute resolution process does not exist, or the new vehicle buyer is dissatisfied with that third-party decision, or the manufacturer or its agent does not fulfill the terms of a decision after it is accepted by the buyer, the buyer may: (i) assert a presumption that a reasonable number of attempts have been made to conform the vehicle to the applicable express warranties in accordance with criteria set forth in the Act and (ii) seek replacement of the vehicle or restitution for the price of the vehicle and damages, attorney's fees, costs, and a civil penalty. Provides that no person may sell, lease, or transfer a motor vehicle that was returned to a manufacturer under the Act or a similar law of any other state unless the vehicle's nonconformity is clearly and conspicuously disclosed to the prospective buyer, lessee, or transferee, the nonconformity is corrected, and the manufacturer warrants to the new buyer, lessee, or transferee in writing for a period of one year that the motor vehicle is free of that nonconformity, except as otherwise specified. Provides that the Attorney General shall establish a program for certifying, reviewing, and decertifying third-party dispute resolution processes established by new vehicle manufacturers or their agents. Provides that the Secretary of State may suspend the license of a manufacturer or distributor for its failure to honor a decision of a qualified third-party dispute resolution process. Provides that the Secretary of State shall collect fees from manufacturers for the administration of the program and that the fees shall be deposited in the new Third-Party Dispute Resolution Fund. Applies to new motor vehicles beginning with the model year following the effective date of the Act. Amends the State Finance Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Illinois Vehicle Code to conform to the new Act. Amends the existing New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act to provide that it does not apply to vehicles to which the new Act applies. Effective January 1, 2005.
