Amends the Mosquito Abatement District Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning a petition for a referendum on the question of organizing a mosquito abatement district.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State aid formula.
Amends the State Comptroller Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Makes appropriations to the Department of State Police for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Pension Code to allow appointed sanitary district trustees to elect to cease participating in the Fund with respect to that office. Allows nonparticipating trustees to receive a retirement annuity from the Fund while still serving as trustees. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. Provides that grant agreements must contain a provision that the grantee agrees to give preference to contractors who have business locations in the State and and are likely to create jobs for Illinois citizens. Amends the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act. Provides that, when considering the location of a professional firm, a political subdivision must give preference to firms with business locations in the State and that are likely to create jobs for Illinois citizens.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Pension Code to increase the minimum total survivor's pension to 50% of the earned retirement pension for survivors of members who died before January 1, 1987. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in addition to its other meanings, "new property" means, in counties that classify in accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution, an incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to the first year final board of review market value. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Toll Highway Authority has the power to enter into an intergovernmental agreement or contract with a unit of local government or other public or private entity for the collection by electronic means of tolls, fees, or revenues. Requires the Governor to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Inspector General for the Authority, setting forth his or her powers and duties. Places certain restrictions on directors of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and their employees and agents concerning receiving financial benefit from their positions or employment with the Authority. Makes changes concerning enforcement of tolls. Provides that the Office of the Inspector General shall be represented in all legal matters by the Attorney General. Requires General Assembly review of expenditures of excess Authority moneys. Requires the Authority to establish an amnesty program for toll violations. Establishes procedures for, and limitations on, the amnesty. Sets procedures for administrative adjudication of violations recorded by photo surveillance. Provides that toll evasion offenses adjudicated in the Authority's administration system are not subject to the fine range for petty offenses. Provides that it is a violation of the Act to operate on a toll highway a vehicle with a license plate covered with any material that obstructs the electronic image recording of the plate. Provides that a law enforcement officer may confiscate a license plate if the plate was treated with a substance to block electronic image recording. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
