Rep. Dan Brady

Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Election Code. Prohibits county clerks and members of boards of election commissioners from making public endorsements of candidates and public questions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a look-alike handgun. Provides that it is unlawful to use or display a device that a reasonable person would believe is a handgun but that is not a handgun with the intent to use the device in the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that provisions prohibiting child sex offenders from being present in school buildings and from residing within 500 feet of the school also apply to institutions of higher education.

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that no transfers may be made, in order to help defray the State's operating costs for the fiscal year, from the Road Fund or the State Construction Account Fund on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective July 1, 2004.

Creates the Career Offender Registration Act. Provides that a person convicted of certain felony offenses who is not required to be registered under the Sex Offender Registration Act must register with the Department of State Police by providing the following information to the Department, or to the sheriff's office in the county in which the career offender establishes or maintains a permanent or temporary residence, within 2 working days after establishing permanent or temporary residence in this State or within 2 working days after being released from the custody, control, or supervision of the Department of Corrections: name, social security number, age, race, gender, date of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color, photograph, address of legal residence and address of any current temporary residence within the State or out-of-state, including a rural route address or a post office box, date and place of any employment, date and place of each conviction, fingerprints, and a brief description of the crime or crimes committed by the career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain on-line computer access to the current information regarding each registered career offender. Provides that the Department of State Police must maintain hotline access so that State, local, and federal law enforcement agencies may obtain instantaneous locator file and criminal characteristics information on release and registration of career offenders for purposes of monitoring, tracking, and prosecution. Provides that the Department of State Police's career offender registration list containing that information is a public record. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that any purchase by a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants of services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $20,000 (instead of $10,000) must be let by competitive bid. Provides that a county, by unanimous consent of the county board, may let, without advertising for bids, contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or installation of public safety equipment and related telecommunications and inter-connect equipment, software, and services. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act. Changes the definitions of the terms "licensed athletic trainer" and "referral". Provides a definition for the terms "athletic injury" and "athletic training aide". Makes changes in provisions concerning what activities are exempt from the application of the Act, educational and professional requirements, requirements for licensure by endorsement, and grounds for disciplinary action. Adds a licensed athletic trainer to the Athletic Training Board. Removes provisions concerning initial appointments to the Board. Corrects references to registration to reflect that athletic trainers are licensed. Provides that if any portion of the Act is held invalid, the invalidity of that portion shall not affect any other part of the the Act that can be given effect without the invalid portion. Provides that a licensed athletic trainer who provides emergency care without fee shall not be held liable for civil damages unless his or her acts constitute wilful or wanton misconduct. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Congratulates Rollins Currie of Bloomington on his retirement from the Bloomington Country Club.

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.