Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases from $100 to $1,000 the fee for an identification card for an out-of-state salvage vehicle buyer. Increases from $50 to $500 the fee for the card if application is made after June 15 of any year. (The card expires on December 31, of the calendar year for which it is issued.)
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Treasurer for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that workers at a facility dedicated exclusively, or nearly so, to performance of the contract or project and located in such proximity to the actual construction location that it would be reasonable to include them, or that perform work specifically designated for installation on a public works project, shall be deemed to be employed on public works. Provides for coverage of the transportation of aggregate materials to or from the job site. Provides that workers who are paid a set amount for truck expense and take-home wage and who are deemed to be employed on the public works project are entitled to the proper prevailing wage for the equipment being operated. Makes other changes.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a provision regarding the powers of local authorities.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department on Aging.
Amends the Election Code. Makes technical changes in a Section defining "City Election Law".
Amends the School Code. Provides that a School Service Personnel Certificate with a speech-language pathologist endorsement shall be issued to a speech-language pathologist who meets specified criteria. Amends the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that a person who has made application to the Department for a license to practice speech-language pathology or audiology may practice without a license pending disposition of the license application by the Department if specified criteria are met. Provides that a person who undertakes supervised professional experience as a speech-language pathologist must obtain a temporary license from the Department. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Hunting Heritage Protection Act. Provides that, subject to limitations, State public lands shall be open to access and use for recreational hunting. Provides that State public land management decisions and actions should, to the greatest practical extent, result in no net loss of land area available for hunting opportunities on State public lands. Provides that by October 1 of each year, the Governor shall submit a report pertaining to areas that have been closed to recreational hunting, the reasons for the closures, and areas that were opened to recreational hunting to compensate for those areas that were closed. Provides that no withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes 100 or more acres of State public land to access or use for recreational hunting may take effect, unless the Governor has submitted written notice of the withdrawal or change to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Permits insurers to nonrenew insureds who move to a jurisdiction where the insurer is not authorized to issue policies. Prohibits nonrenewal of fire and extended coverage policies on the basis that the insured reported a potential loss without payment or requested policy information. Provides that an insured who is contesting a cancellation may have access to company files pertaining to the insured.
