Encourages the Governor and the Office of Management and Budget to conduct an audit of all State-owned aircraft.
Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Repeals a Section concerning the annexation of contiguous territory.
Amends the School Construction Law. Defines "school district" to include a cooperative high school. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code with regard to when junking certificates or salvage certificates must be obtained. Provides that a vehicle that has been repossessed by a lienholder shall be considered to be salvage only when the cost of repairing the damage to the vehicle would be greater than 66 2/3% (rather than greater than 33 1/3%) of its fair market value. Makes corresponding changes with regard to obtaining a salvage certificate and the disposition of the vehicle. Makes similar changes with regard to when a vehicle that is part of a fleet of more than 5 commercial vehicles or a vehicle that has been submerged in water is to be considered salvage.
Appropriates $17,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for adult day services. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the commercial distribution fee does not apply to personal-use vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 16,000 pounds or less. Defines "personal-use vehicle" as a vehicle that is personally owned and not used for any business purpose or available for hire. Makes provision for refunds of commercial distribution fees paid for personal-use vehicles for the registration year that began on July 1, 2003. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Requires a cable television system that has been granted a franchise by a county or municipality to provide customers with not less than 30 day's notice of a rate increase. The notice must be included in the billing statement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a person who has been convicted of a felony is barred from participating as a vendor of goods or services in the Medicaid program. Provides that such a person may apply to the Department of Public Aid for reinstatement as a vendor after the passage of 10 years following the conviction. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Property Control Act. Requires that State owned motor vehicles bear identifying State and agency decals. Requires the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to establish exemptions for security purposes. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to maintain as a public record a list of exempt vehicles by license plate number.
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code regarding community antenna television systems. Requires community antenna television systems franchisees to submit to the franchising authority a detailed customer services plan. Requires franchisees to establish and maintain such business offices and customer service and call centers and provide personnel, telephone service, and other equipment, as necessary, to ensure the timely, efficient, and effective service to customers. Provides time limitations for franchisees to respond to telephone calls, installations, and service repairs. Requires franchisees to maintain records of customer complaints, service outages and interruptions, and customer service requests. Requires franchisees to inform customers of its products and services and of any construction in the customer's area. Requires employees of the franchisee to wear identification badges when entering private property or working on the public way. Provides that any person or organization adversely affected by a violation, or by a pattern and practice of violations, shall have the right to sue a franchisee in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages and for injunctive and other relief. Provides that any person who violates any of these provisions shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $750 for each offense. Provides a schedule of credits to customers for certain actions of the franchisee. Requires franchisees to mail to each customer a summary of the customer protections. Provides that these provisions supersede any contradictory or inconsistent provision of State or local law or any initial or renewal franchise agreement. Preempts home rule powers.
