Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes in the offense of unauthorized videotaping, electronically recording or electronically surveilling another person without that person's consent in a private place. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed an electronic video surveillance device in a restroom, tanning bed, tanning salon, locker room, changing room, hotel bedroom, or any other private place, with the intent to electronically record, electronically surveil, videotape, photograph, or film another person without that person's consent. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to place or cause to be placed an electronic video surveillance device in another person's residence without that person's consent, with the intent to secretly electronically record, electronically surveil, videotape, photograph, or film another person without that person's consent. Increases the penalties for the offense from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony and if the images are disseminated from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony. Provides that if the person electronically recorded, electronically surveilled, videotaped, photographed, or filmed is under 18 years of age, the penalty is a Class 2 felony. Effective January 1, 2005.
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Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each individual taxpayer who is a teacher in a qualifying school is entitled to an income tax credit in the amount equal to the amount spent by the taxpayer in the taxable year, up to a maximum credit of $200 in the taxable year, for instructional materials for use in the classroom. Provides that the credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero and that any excess credit may be carried forward for 5 years. Effective January 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, beginning with taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2004, each taxpayer is entitled to an income tax credit in the amount of fees paid in the taxable year by the taxpayer to a recycler for the acceptance of any electronic equipment surrendered by the taxpayer. Provides that the tax credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero and may not be carried forward or back to apply to any other taxable year. Exempts the credit from the sunset provisions of the Act. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the Higher Education Institution Crime Statistics Act. Provides that on or before January 1, 2004, and every 3 years thereafter, the Auditor General shall conduct and report the results of an audit of a sample of not less than 6 institutions of higher education in Illinois that receive federal student aid to evaluate the accuracy of these institutions' statistics and the procedures used by these institutions to identify, gather, and track data for publishing, disseminating, and reporting accurate crime statistics. Requires the Auditor General and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to provide on their Internet Web sites a link to the Internet Web site of each Illinois institution of higher education that includes on that Web site the institution's criminal statistics information. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act. Provides that at the purchaser's option, the Illinois prepaid tuition program must cover an institution of higher education's room and board charges. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2003, moneys contributed during the taxable year by the taxpayer for the purchase of an Illinois prepaid tuition contract, excluding moneys rolled over from another qualified tuition program account, may be deducted from the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income in arriving at base income for Illinois income tax purposes. Exempts the deduction from the sunset provisions of the Act. Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act to include a reference to the deduction. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that after June 1, 2004 persons may not be nominated for General Assembly scholarships and that General Assembly scholarships may not be awarded after that date unless the nomination is made prior to that date. Prevents both second nominations for any lapsed General Assembly scholarship and nominating persons to the unused or unexpired parts of any vacated General Assembly scholarship after June 1, 2004. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Adds pharmaceutical companies to the list of persons and entities that are prohibited from disclosing the nature or details of services provided to patients. Prohibits a pharmaceutical company from requiring that a patient authorize disclosure to receive medications. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, Illinois Insurance Code, the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Public Aid Code. Provides coverage for services rendered by a licensed athletic trainer in accordance with the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act if those services are ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches. Effective immediately.