Appropriates $1 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to reduce the review period of applications for public assistance. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, if an Illinois employer reasonably demonstrates that its manufactured goods are in competition with foreign goods that are manufactured in violation of United States foreign trade law, the minimum hourly wage under the Minimum Wage Law does not apply and the employer shall instead pay at least the federal minimum hourly wage. Provides that, if an Illinois manufacturer has a manufacturing facility in another state and the minimum hourly wage in that state is lower than the minimum hourly wage under the Minimum Wage Law, the minimum hourly wage under the Minimum Wage Law does not apply and the manufacturer shall instead pay at least the federal minimum hourly wage. Provides that the Department of Labor shall adopt rules to implement the new provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a retired principal who has more than 30 years of service credit and meets certain other conditions to buy an additional 5 years of service credit and have the pension prospectively recalculated. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Prohibits county clerks and members of boards of election commissioners from making public endorsements of candidates and public questions. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations to the Department of Public Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the Treasurer's seal.
Amends the School Code. Provides that a person elected or appointed to the office of regional superintendent of schools must have and maintain his or her principal residence within the educational service region he or she was elected or appointed to administer. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to develop and market an Illinois trivia game based on questions submitted by Illinois elementary and secondary school students. Proceeds from the sale of the game shall be deposited into the Common School Fund.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that an employee of the Department of Children and Family Services or a foster parent licensed by the Department of Children and Family Services who knowingly falsifies a Department document or who knowingly makes a false statement in a Department document as to a material fact in relation to an investigation of alleged or suspected neglect or abuse of a minor or in relation to an investigation of an alleged dependent minor is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an offender who has not been convicted more than once for a felony may apply to the court or the Prisoner Review Board to seek a certificate of relief from disabilities as relates to bars to employment or licensure or forfeiture of property imposed as a result of the offender's conviction. Exempts certain sex offenses, weapons offenses, crimes of violence, DUI, and certain crimes against children. Establishes procedures and criteria for seeking and obtaining that relief. Also permits the Prisoner Review Board to issue certificates of good conduct to relieve an offender of a disability or bar to employment imposed by law by reason of the offender's conviction. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds one additional annuitant to the Board of Trustees. Also provides that a member of the Board may not receive any salary for his or her services as a member of the Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that if in the opinion of the Warden, a prisoner appears to be mentally ill or developmentally disabled and may be a danger to himself or herself, to other prisoners, or to jail personnel or appears to be in need of immediate mental health services, the Warden shall, within 72 hours of the admittance of the prisoner to the county jail, obtain an evaluation of the prisoner's condition from a physician, psychiatrist, or qualified examiner as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that if the physician, psychiatrist, or qualified examiner determines that the prisoner is in need of mental health or developmental disability services, the Warden shall transfer the prisoner to such other facility for the appropriate treatment.
