Creates the Mercury Reduction Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency may participate in the establishment and implementation of a multi-state clearinghouse to assist in carrying out the purpose of mercury reduction. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, no mercury-added product may be offered for final sale or use or distributed for promotional purposes in the State without prior written notification to the Environmental Protection Agency by the manufacturer of the product. Sets forth the requirements for this notification. Sets forth restrictions on the purchase or sale of certain mercury-added products. Provides that beginning July 1, 2006, no person may crush, shred, flatten, or otherwise process a motor vehicle for scrap metal without first making a good faith effort to remove any mercury light switches and mercury headlights. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2006, the Pollution Control Board must modify its rules governing universal hazardous waste as appropriate to promote the recycling, recovery, and proper management of elemental mercury and mercury-added products on a statewide basis. Sets forth penalties for violations of the Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Adds "vehicle recycler" to the list of persons who may not knowingly shred, scrap, dismantle, recycle, incinerate, handle, store, or otherwise manage any white good that contains any white components. Provides that no owner, operator, agent, employee of a junkyard or scrap dealership, or vehicle recycler may knowingly shred, scrap, dismantle, recycle, incinerate, handle, store, or otherwise manage any end-of-life motor vehicle that contains any mercury-added component. Defines "vehicle recycler", "end-of-life motor vehicle", and "mercury-added component". Effective immediately.
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Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, provides that calculation of Available Local Resources shall exclude tax amnesty funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful for a person to: (1) manufacture, sell, give away, distribute, or market in this State or transport into this State urine with the intent of using the urine to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test; (2) attempt to foil or defeat a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting or spiking a sample of urine or to advertise a sample substitution or other spiking device or measure; (3) adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample with the intent to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test; or (4) manufacture, sell, or possess adulterants that are intended to be used to adulterate a urine or other bodily fluid sample for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony with a minimum fine of $1,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person violates provisions prohibiting reckless driving and aggravated reckless driving if he or she drives a vehicle and uses an incline in a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge approach, or hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person commits reckless homicide if he or she unintentionally kills an individual while driving a vehicle and using such an incline to cause the vehicle to become airborne. Provides that, in cases involving reckless homicide in which the defendant drove a vehicle and used such an incline to cause the vehicle to become airborne and caused the deaths of 2 or more persons as part of a single course of conduct, the penalty is a Class 2 felony.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State aid formula.
Urges the Governor to re-deposit the $2 million that he has extracted from units of local government back into the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund.
Congratulates Robert Quick on being named the VFW Department of Illinois "Eagle Scout of the Year" for 2003.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning defaulting on a loan.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.
Amends the School Code. Provides that claims for reimbursement under the Driver Education Act shall be made under oath or affirmation of the chief school administrator for the district or authorized driver education personnel (instead of under oath or affirmation of the president or acting president of the school board and the chief school administrator for the district). Effective immediately.