Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Professional Regulation.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the duties of the Public Defender.
Creates the Mold Remediation Registration Act. Contains a short title provision. Contains a provision concerning the legislative purpose. Effective January 1, 2005.
Amends the State Housing Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the Act's short title.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State employees.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2003 and on or before December 30, 2008, net losses shall not be allowed as a carryback and shall be a net operating carryover to each of the 5 taxable years following the taxable year of such loss (now, and beginning again at the end of this period, may carry net losses back for 2 years and carry them forward for 20 years). Effective immediately.
Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Deletes language allowing persons to receive a license as a private alarm contractor without meeting all of the regular requirements for licensure under specified circumstances. Provides that, when a licensed agency acquires a new account that requires security guards working in an armed capacity with the appropriate firearm authorization card and permanent employee registration card, the acquiring agency may employ the guards of the displaced agency in an armed capacity for a specified period pending receipt of the firearm authorization card on behalf of the acquiring agency as the employing agency if specified conditions are met. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois HIV/AIDS Task Force Act. Establishes the Illinois HIV/AIDS Task Force to coordinate existing State programs and services for individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS to better meet the needs of those individuals and families. Provides for the appointment of members to the Task Force who represent both public and private organizations and who shall serve on a voluntary, unpaid basis. Requires the Task Force to annually report to the Governor and General Assembly on the Task Force's progress toward its goals and objectives.
Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides a compounded 3% annual increase in surviving spouse annuities. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Authorizes the District to impose a tax for the purpose of providing funds for staffing, services, materials, and equipment to secure and safeguard sewers, sewage treatment plants, and appurtenances thereto at a rate not to exceed 0.0025% of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of the District. Amends the Property Tax Code to exclude the new tax from the applicable definition of "aggregate extension" for purposes of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Historic Preservation Agency for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the School Code. In the Section concerning the school building code, provides that the State Board of Education shall require each school district to prepare an indoor air quality management plan. Provides that a school district's report card assessing the performance of its schools and students shall also include information on the quality of school facilities in the district. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
