Amends the Counties Code. Provides that all members of a board of health must be residents of the county, except for members who are required to be physicians, dentists, or nurses if no physician, dentist, or nurse who resides in the county is willing and able to serve.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a farm vehicle parked on any roadway between sunset and sunrise must be equipped with at least one oscillating, rotating, or flashing amber light and the light must be on. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Labor Union license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plates shall be charged a fee of $15 at original issuance and $2 at renewal. Provides that the additional original issuance fee and the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that any of the plates manufactured after January 1, 2006 must be manufactured in the United States and, if a suitable manufacturing facility is available in this State, must be manufactured in this State.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law. Makes the Law applicable to fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year thereafter. Provides that if the General Assembly fails to make Common School Fund appropriations to the State Board of Education in fiscal year 2004 and in each fiscal year thereafter sufficient to fund the general State aid, supplemental general State aid, and supplementary grants in aid provisions of the State aid formula, the Law shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation from the Common School Fund of all amounts necessary for those purposes. Removes a provision that provides for the Law's repeal on June 30, 2003. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for residential property, if the assessor fails to regularly assess the property on a timely basis as required by this Code and, after the delay in assessment, the property is then assessed at a higher value than the previous assessment, then, for taxable years 2003 and thereafter, for the first year of increased taxes as a result of the increased assessment, the county clerk shall abate the property taxes in an amount equal to two-thirds of the difference in the tax bill between the amount owed before the increased assessment and the amount owed after the increased assessment and, for the second year of increased taxes, in an amount equal to one-third of the difference in the tax bill between the amount owed before the increased assessment and the amount owed after the increased assessment. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reinstates the manufacturer's purchase credit for a 2-year period beginning on July 1, 2004. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of George R. Dixon of Findlay.
Mourns the death of Raymond Richard Purdeu of Sullivan.
Creates the Public Service Accountability Act. Sets out the requirements for privatization contracts between contractors and State agencies. Provides for the monitoring and enforcement of privatization contracts. Establishes fines and prison sentences for a violation of certain Sections of the Act. Effective immediately.
