Amends the Civil No Contact Order Act. Removes the definition of "abuse". Defines "stay away". Provides that the court shall provide, through the office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms for filing a petition (instead of simplified forms and clerical assistance to help with the writing and filing of a petition). Provides that the court may appoint counsel to represent the petitioner if the respondent is represented by counsel. Changes what a civil no contact order may contain. Provides that an emergency civil no contact order shall be issued by the court if it appears from the contents of the petition and the examination of the petitioner that the averments are sufficient to indicate nonconsensual sexual penetration by the respondent and to support the granting of relief under the issuance of the civil no contact order. Removes from the requirements that must be stated in the civil no contact order the name of each person (other than the victim) protected by the order and that the person is protected by the Act. Provides that, for emergency civil no contact orders, the order must state that the respondent may petition the court to reopen the order if he or she did not receive actual prior notice of the hearing and if the respondent alleges that he or she had a meritorious defense to the order or that the order or its remedy is not authorized by the Act. Makes other changes. Effective September 1, 2004.
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Repeals the Uniform Arbitration Act and creates the Uniform Arbitration Act (2000). Provides that the Uniform Arbitration Act (2000) governs an agreement to arbitrate (i) made on or after the effective date of the Act, (ii) made before the effective date of the Act if all the parties to the agreement or to the arbitration proceeding so agree, and (iii) on or after July 1, 2004, whenever made. Allows a party to waive or vary the effect of the requirements of the Act, with exceptions. Provides that an agreement to submit to arbitration any existing or subsequent controversy arising between the parties to the agreement is valid, enforceable, and irrevocable except upon a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract. Includes provisions concerning motions to compel or stay arbitration, the initiation of arbitration, judicial relief, the arbitrator, the arbitration process, the award and other remedies, and appeals. Provides that the Act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before the Act takes effect. Adds short title references in various Acts. Effective January 1, 2004, with the repeal of the Uniform Arbitration Act taking effect on July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning deposits of fees.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the annual report of the Board.
Amends the Poison Control System Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish a funding formula for the Poison Control System. Provides that the formula must increase or decrease the annual funding amount to match any increase or decrease in the consumer price index as reported on January 1 of each year. Provides that the State shall continue to provide funding to the Illinois Poison Control System on an annual basis in furtherance of the goals of the funding formula. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Migrant Labor Camp Law. Includes living quarters for backstretch employees or backstretch workers at Illinois horse race tracks within the definition of "migrant labor camp", so that such facilities are subject to licensure and inspection by the Department of Public Health; requires those camps to meet minimum housing guidelines specified by OSHA. Prescribes features of housing for backstretch worker families with children, and limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers with respect to the regulation of such housing. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to designate a federal, State, or municipal or other local agency or entity to conduct inspections related to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of laborers, backstretch employees, or backstretch workers. Authorizes the Department or the Department's designated agent to conduct an inspection of a migrant labor camp providing living quarters for backstretch employees or backstretch workers at any time during the horse racing season. Adds representatives of the Department's designated agents to the membership of the advisory committee. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975; makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Race Track Improvement Fund. Effective immediately.
Creates the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act. Provides for the judicial and nonjudicial enforcement of a foreign protection order issued by a tribunal of another state, except as otherwise provided. Provides that the State, local governmental agencies, and specified public officials and employees are immune from civil and criminal liability for a good faith act or omission arising out of the registration or enforcement of a foreign protection order or the detention or arrest of an alleged violator of a foreign protection order. Contains provisions concerning other remedies, construction, severability, and transition. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, Unified Code of Corrections, Code of Civil Procedure, and Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 to conform to the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act.
Creates the Limitation on Distributing Tobacco Products Act. Prohibits the sale of cigarettes in a pack of less than 20. Prohibits the distribution of free tobacco samples. Provides that a person who violates this Act is guilty of a petty offense.
Creates the Children's Camp Counselor Background Investigation Act and amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Youth Camp Act, and the State Mandates Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall require every children's camp employee or volunteer who works with children to authorize an investigation to determine whether the employee or volunteer has ever been charged with a crime and, if so, the disposition of the charges. Requires the Department of State Police to provide information concerning criminal charges and their disposition. Provides for the confidentiality of such information, and provides that a violation of confidentiality is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act must comply with the Children's Camp Counselor Background Investigation Act. Requires implementation without reimbursement under the State Mandates Act. Effective January 1, 2005.