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 Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall (rather than may) provide, by rule, that an application for a drivers license must (rather than may) include a suitable photograph of the applicant and shall (rather than may) further provide that each drivers license shall include a photograph of the driver. Provides that the Secretary shall (rather than may) use a photograph process or system most suitable to deter alteration or improper reproduction of a drivers license or the substitution of another photo on a license.
Amends the Capital Crimes Litigation Act. Provides that the funding provisions of the Act are available to the State and defense in any case involving an offense for which the sentence of death may be imposed as a consequence of conviction, regardless of whether or not the State's Attorney indicated that he or she would seek the death penalty in that case. Provides that these provisions are retroactive to any capital case that is pending at the time of enactment or that is prosecuted on or after its effective date. Effective immediately.
Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, at any time, the Board may require a municipality to submit to the Board (i) a certified copy of the ordinance for that tax levy, (ii) a certified copy of the ordinance for the appropriation for municipality contributions, and (iii) if the levy exceeds the contribution, a statement of the reason for the additional amount. Provides that the tax collecting authority may not extend a levy for an amount greater than the amount appropriated for municipality contributions unless the additional amount is authorized for a school district or has been approved by the Board. Provides that, as a condition of approval, the Board may require the tax collecting authority to pay the revenue derived from the tax levy directly to the Fund rather than to the treasurer of the municipality levying the tax. Provides that the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly do not apply to a municipality that is a county with more than 500,000 inhabitants or is located, in whole or in part, in such a county. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death in Iraq of Specialist Jeremy Ridlen, a member of the 1544th Transportation Company based in Paris.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Public Aid may not establish any formulary limits on, or restrict by any prior authorization requirement, any insulin prescription drug as prescribed and determined to be medically necessary for the treatment of diabetes. Effective July 1, 2004.
Honors the Mt. Auburn Fire Department on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Creates the Comprehensive Housing, Health, and Supportive Services for Older Adults Act and amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, the State Finance Act, and the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Director of Public Health, in coordination with the Director of Aging and the Director of Public Aid, to monitor and analyze the distribution of housing and services for older adults in the different geographic areas of the State and implement corrective action plans by July 1, 2005. Provides for a program for conversion of nursing homes to assisted living or shared housing establishments; makes such conversions exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, and provides for transition planning grants to nursing homes making such conversions. Creates special funds in the State treasury for use in implementing the Comprehensive Housing, Health, and Supportive Services for Older Adults Act. Provides for transfers from the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund to the new Nursing Home Conversion Fund and the new Nursing Home Transition Planning Grant Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates the Cancer Trial Discrimination Prohibition Law. Contains only a short title provision. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
