Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2003, the tax with respect to textbooks required for use at State universities and public community colleges or certain other institutions of higher learning is imposed under these Acts at the rate of 1.25% (eliminating the State's portion of the tax). Authorizes the Department of Revenue to adopt rules. Amends the State Finance Act to adjust the distribution with respect to this tax. Effective immediately.
Amends the Joint Airports Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning intergovernmental agreements.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of being an armed habitual criminal. Provides that a person commits the offense of being an armed habitual criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers any firearm after having been convicted a total of 3 or more times of any of the following offenses: first degree murder; aggravated battery; aggravated battery with a firearm; unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; robbery; armed robbery; residential burglary; home invasion; vehicular hijacking; gunrunning; intimidation; armed violence; criminal sexual assault; aggravated criminal sexual assault; predatory criminal sexual assault of a child; aggravated domestic battery; or any violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is punishable as a Class 3 felony or higher. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner serving a sentence for being an armed habitual criminal shall receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. Effective immediately.
Amends the Premises Liability Act by making a technical change concerning premises used for recreational purposes.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning alternative teacher certification.
Creates the Victims of Stalking and Domestic Violence Address Confidentiality Act. Provides that a person at least 18 years of age, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person may apply to the Attorney General to have an address designated by the Attorney General serve as the person's address or the address of the minor or incapacitated person. Provides that the program is applicable to persons who are victims of stalking or domestic violence. Provides that an application shall be completed in person at a community-based victims' assistance program. Provides for procedures to establish eligibility for the program and conditions for withdrawal or termination from the program. Provides that the application process shall include a requirement that the applicant shall meet with a victims' assistance counselor and receive orientation information about the program. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2014. Amends the Election Code. Provides for confidential voter registration of persons who are participants in the program. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to prohibit disclosure of motor vehicle registration and driver's license records of persons who are participants in the program. Provides for limited disclosure of the information to law enforcement agencies, the courts, and certain other entities. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to permit participants of the program to change their names without disclosing their identity in public notices of the change of name.
Makes appropriations and reappropriations for the Department of Central Management Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Requires the Department of Labor to adopt rules defining and delimiting the exemption of administrative and professional employees from the general requirement that employment in excess of 40 hours per week be compensated at a rate not less than 1.5 times the regular rate. Provides that the Department's rules may not provide for a broader exemption than is provided in federal regulations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in the statute concerning first degree murder.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning required liability insurance.
Amends the School Construction Bond Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the Act's short title.
