Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reinstates the manufacturer's purchase credit for a 2-year period beginning on July 1, 2004. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Prohibits various acts related to counterfeiting drugs. Requires that legend drugs be accompanied by pedigree papers. Provides minimum requirements for those pedigree papers. Creates various criminal offenses related to counterfeiting drugs and pedigree papers. Makes other changes. Amends the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. Adds maintaining pedigree papers as a condition for receiving and renewing a wholesale drug distributor license. Adds violation of the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as a grounds for discipline under the Act. Increases the fine the Department may impose on licensees. Effective January 1, 2006.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning administration and definitions.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning defaulting on a loan.
Amends the Real Property Conservation Rights Act. Adds a caption to a Section defining a term under the Act.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Citizens Utility Board Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning qualifications of the executive director.
Creates the Consumer Credit Reporting Agency Act. Establishes the duties of credit reporting agencies with respect to the gathering and distribution of credit information relating to consumers. Requires credit reporting agencies to allow inspections of files and requires notices to be given to subjects of credit reports. Sets forth conditions that must be met before a credit report may be distributed or disclosed. Establishes consumer rights. Prohibits certain information from being included in credit reports. Establishes a consumer's right to information in a credit report. Requires disclosure of credit scores to consumers. Provides a mechanism to correct disputed information. Establishes remedies for consumers.
Creates the Payday Loan Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning trial by jury.
Creates the Illinois Affordable Loan Act. Provides for the licensing and regulation of lenders who make short-term loans and title-secured loans by the Department of Financial Institutions. Requires licensees to disclose when renewing a license the number of title-secured loans made, the number of vehicle repossessions, the number of short-term loans made, the minimum, maximum, and average dollar amount of short-term loans, and the interest charged on the short-term loans. Requires licensees to disclose a toll-free telephone number for the Department of Financial Institutions. Provides that the appraisal of motor vehicles that secure title-secured loans must be the value set by the Kelly Blue Book. Prohibits additional charges for a cashing instrument issued by the licensee. Imposes limits on administrative or origination fees for loans. Requires licensees to refund unearned charges. Provides that licensees must comply with local zoning and other applicable local ordinances in order to qualify for a license.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to the method of arrest.
