Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that applicants on the register of eligibles for appointment to fire departments who have an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P license in accordance with the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act may be given preference in appointment over non-licensed applicants.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that commercial liability policies that provide coverage to additional insureds must provide coverage to the person or organization shown on the policy or endorsement schedule with respect to liability arising out of the named insured's work for the additional insured and for the acts or omissions of the additional insured in connection with its general supervision of the named insured's work. Effective immediately.
Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2005 budget recommendations.
Appropriates $12,744,060 to the Office of the State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that organization licensees and owners licensees that use a system to track bettors for the purpose of granting rewards to those bettors must transmit a monthly statement to those bettors showing their net winnings or losses for the previous month. Failure of a licensee to transmit a statement is a Class B misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade Act. Provides that qualified citizens of the State may be enrolled in the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade for service in African nations and in urban inner-city schools in this State. Sets the terms and conditions of the volunteers' service. Allows the Director of the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade to provide training to volunteers and applicants for enrollment as volunteers. Requires the approval of the United States' Secretary of State for the programs and activities of the Peace Brigade in foreign nations. Creates the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade Advisory Council. Provides for the appointment of members to the Council by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Council shall review the programs and activities of the Peace Brigade and shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Director. Requires the Governor to report to the General Assembly on the programs and activities of the Peace Brigade. Contains other provisions. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to create the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to allow the Department of State Police to conduct background checks of applicants for enrollment as volunteers in the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade.
Amends the Build Illinois Bond Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Discourages privatization of school support staff positions in any and all Illinois School Districts.
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. In provisions concerning the distribution of proceeds of the tax, changes references to counties of the State having 3,000,000 (instead of 1,000,000) or more inhabitants or less than 3,000,000 (instead of 1,000,000) inhabitants. Effective January 1, 2005.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Code.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person found not guilty by reason of insanity for certain specified sex offenses or for a violation of the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act must undergo medical testing to determine whether the defendant has any sexually transmissible disease, including a test for infection with HIV or or any other identified causative agent of AIDS. Present law requires the mandatory medical testing only for persons who have been convicted of any of these offenses.
