Amends the Franchise Disclosure Act of 1987. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning jurisdiction and venue.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall conduct an impact study of the cost of providing State health insurance coverage to child care providers who provide State-subsidized child care services under the TANF program. Requires a report by July 1, 2004. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section regarding Medicaid co-payments.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning lists of available records.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Appropriates $55,000 from the Community Scholarship Foundation Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the Community Scholarship Foundation Program. Effective July 1, 2004.
Urges the Department of Human Services to make periodic progress reports to the House Special Committee on Fee-For-Service Initiatives concerning the Department's transition to a fee-for-service methodology to pay providers for serving the State's clients with problems of substance abuse, developmental disability, and mental illness; and urges the General Assembly to adopt an operational budget for the Department of Human Services that reflects only the first six months of funding for the coming fiscal year, while appropriating the full year of grant lines.
Amends the Illinois Exotic Weed Act. Designates kudzu as an exotic weed. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Abolishes local canvassing boards. Provides that canvasses must be done by election authorities within 48 hours after election. Requires election authorities to transmit, by fax, e-mail, or other electronic means, a preliminary statement of the results of the election to the State Board of Elections. Provides that the State Board of Elections must conduct a preliminary canvass within 72 hours after the election. Provides that if a canvass shows that a candidate has a margin of victory of, or a referendum was approved by, less than 1% of the votes cast, a recount must be conducted as quickly as possible after the close of the election. Sets requirements for the recount. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt uniform standards for the counting of ballots by hand, including what indications of voter intent are to be counted and recorded. Provides that any candidate may request a discovery recount (now, any candidate who, in the entire area in which votes may be cast for the office for which he or she is a candidate, received votes equal in number to at least 95% of the votes cast for any successful candidate for the same office may request a discovery recount). Increases the fee for a discovery recount from $10 per precinct to $25 per precinct. Deletes provisions concerning a contest involving the selection of nominees for the office of State representative. Provides that a meeting of the electoral board may not be held more than 6 days (now, 5 days) after the board's receipt of the nomination papers and the objector's petition. Requires the State Board of Elections to conduct a final canvass within 10 days (now, 20 days) after an election. Makes other changes. Amends the Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941. Provides that recounts for the office of alderman in the City of Chicago must be filed and conducted in accordance with the Election Code (instead of within 5 days after the election).
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of Banks and Real Estate for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding maintenance.
