Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning persons who are excluded from participation in a fund created under the Article.
Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Provides that the Chicago Park District is authorized to issue (now, issue before January 1, 2004) bonds in the amount of $128 million for museums, aquariums, and art museums under the control of the Chicago Park district. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the minimum surviving spouse annuity to 100% of the retirement annuity to which the deceased firefighter was entitled at the time of death. Increases the required contribution for widow's annuity by 0.5% of salary. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates September 1 of each year as American Indian Heritage Day to be observed throughout the State as a day to honor the rich history, culture, and heritage of American Indians.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "municipality".
Creates the Supreme Court Campaign Reform Act. Provides that candidates for the Supreme Court may apply for a public financing benefit in connection with their campaign. Sets the amount of the public financing benefit at $750,000 for the general primary and general election cycle. Sets requirements for qualifying for the public financing benefits. Limits the amount of private contributions qualified candidates may accept. Limits the amounts that non-participating candidates may accept from private sources during campaign periods to $1,000 in the aggregate. Provides that qualified candidates must be distributed a line of credit from the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund to be used for lawful political expenditures. Provides for the increase of the line of credit if non-complying candidates make certain expenditures. Sets penalties for violations of the Act. Provides that the Illinois Supreme Court may require attorneys to contribute money to the Fund not to exceed $25 annually. Contains other provisions. Amends the Election Code. Provides that a payment for electioneering communications is an "expenditure". Provides that a group that "accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 for the purpose of electioneering communications" is a political committee. Allows the Board of Elections to impose a fine against a committee that fails to report expenditures that could trigger matching funds under the Supreme Court Campaign Reform Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Requires the Department of Revenue to print on its standard individual income tax form a provision by which the taxpayer may make a contribution (not less than $1) to the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund. Amends the Clerk of the Courts Act. Requires circuit court clerks to transfer $1 from each appearance fee paid to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund and, to defray that expense, the county board may, by resolution, require the clerk of the circuit court in the county to charge and collect a Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund fee of not more than $1, which shall be paid at the time that any appearance fee is paid. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to purchase, possess, use, sell, give away, or otherwise transfer, or to engage in the business of selling, or to exhibit for sale, any replica rocket propelled grenade launcher, bazooka, artillery piece, grenade, mine, bomb, or items similar to weapons designed and manufactured for military purposes or replicas of those items. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Raises the total number of charter schools that may operate at any one time from 60 to 65 and the total number of charter schools that may operate at any one time in Chicago from 30 to 35. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education must designate attendance boundaries to relieve overcrowding for these 5 additional charter schools. Effective immediately.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides that no person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, give away, use, or prescribe any product used for the treatment of lice or scabies in human beings that contains the pesticide chemical lindane. Effective January 1, 2006.
