Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a stylistic change in provisions concerning records.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a look-alike handgun. Provides that it is unlawful to use or display a device that a reasonable person would believe is a handgun but that is not a handgun with the intent to use the device in the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Makes technical changes concerning testing of warning devices.
Amends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other law, requires the Department of Revenue to deposit 25% of all tax receipts each month that would otherwise be deposited into the General Revenue Fund directly into the Common School Fund.
Amends the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Illinois Congressional Reapportionment Act of 2003. Contains only a short title. Effective immediately.
Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. In provisions for a program of services to prevent unnecessary institutionalization of persons, requires the Department of Human Services to pay an amount into a fund to provide health care coverage for individuals who perform more than 20 hours of preventive services per week. Provides that the amount must equal $1.40 for each hour of preventive services provided under the program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person or entity may not print an individual's social security number on an insurance card that is used to establish the eligibility of an individual or his or her dependents to receive health, dental, optical, or accident insurance benefits, prescription drug benefits, or benefits under a managed care plan or a plan provided by a health maintenance organization, a health services plan corporation, or a similar entity. Provides that existing insurance cards with an individual's social security number must be replaced with insurance cards without the individual's social security number. Provides that a violation constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Effective January 1, 2005.
Amends the State Treasurer's Bank Services Trust Fund Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Fund.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "Associate Procurement Officers".
Amends the Illinois Noxious Weed Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. In the prevailing wage provisions, redefines certain terms as in the Prevailing Wage Act. Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Prohibits discharging, disciplining, or discriminating against a person who alleges a violation of the Act. Permits a person to apply to the Director of Labor for review of such discharge, discipline, or discrimination. Provides the procedures for the Director's investigation and disposition of review applications. Authorizes the Director to order various methods of abatement of a prohibited retaliation, including reinstatement and compensation. Requires the Director to adopt implementing rules.
