Makes appropriations to the Industrial Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the State Records Act. Adds a caption to the short title Section.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that it is prohibited within an unincorporated area of a county (now, within a county) to locate an adult entertainment facility within 1,000 feet of certain locations. Defines "unincorporated area of a county". Provides that the State's Attorney of the county where the adult entertainment facility is located or the Attorney General may institute a civil action for an injunction to restrain violations of this prohibition. Provides that the court shall determine whether a violation has been committed and shall enter orders necessary to remove the effects of a violation and to prevent the violation from continuing or being renewed in the future.
Makes appropriations to the Office of the Auditor General for ordinary and contingent expenses and for audits, studies, and investigations. Effective on July 1, 2004.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in the Section of the campaign finance Article concerning the definition of "Board".
Designates the week of May 1, 2004, through May 8, 2004, as Celebration of Temple Judea Mizpah's Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary Week in the State of Illinois.
Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that units of local government may regulate smoking in public places; provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the regulation in the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption (with an exception for units having pre-existing ordinances) to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Effective immediately.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for fiscal year 2004 only, no Road Fund moneys shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police in excess of the stated amount. Decreases the total amount of Road Fund Appropriations to the Secretary of State for Fiscal Years 2004 through 2010. Beginning with fiscal year 2005, prohibits Road Fund moneys from being appropriated to the Department of Central Management Services, the Department of Employment Security, the Department of Revenue, the Court of Claims, or any other State agency (other than the Department of State Police and the Department of Transportation and, until fiscal year 2010, the Secretary of State) for the purposes of the provisions concerning appropriations from the Road Fund. Provides that beginning with fiscal year 2010, no Road Fund moneys may be appropriated to the Secretary of State. Provides that appropriations to those entities for those purposes shall be made from the General Revenue Fund. Provides that the Department of State Police may continue to receive appropriations from the Road Fund for the highway patrol budget only. Effective July 1,2003.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the governing board of a fire protection district may submit a written request to the county board of a county that is served by the district for a meeting to discuss donations from a developer of a subdivision or resubdivision located within an unincorporated area of the county that is served by the district.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the General Assembly.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that there shall be deducted from any refund of taxes that would otherwise be ordered as the result of any rate objections that are sustained an amount equal to 5% of the objector's pro rata share of the refunds that were sought in any rate objections that are overruled. Includes additional situations under which an objection to a tax levied by a municipality shall not be sustained if certain conditions are met. Expands the means by which a municipality may meet those conditions. Provides that, for the purposes of tax objections based on budget or appropriation ordinances, "municipality" means all municipal corporations in, and political subdivisions of, this State (now, excepts from this definition a number of units of local government). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
