Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Prohibits a certified public accountant from acting as an auditor and a consultant to the same company.
Amends the DUI provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may not drive with an alcohol concentration of 0.05 or more in his or her blood or breath if he or she has been convicted of violating the 0.08 alcohol concentration limit one or more times within 5 years of a previous violation of the DUI provision or a similar provision of a law of another state or a similar provision of a local ordinance. Makes corresponding changes in other provisions of the Vehicle Code and in the reckless homicide provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961.
Amends the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act. Adds entities that may elect to adopt a referendum to the definition of "State". Grants any school district, public community college district, municipality, municipal corporation, or unit of local government the authority to pass, by initiative petition and referendum, a binding ordinance authorizing the adoption of provisions of the Act. Sets out requirements for passing an initiative petition.
Amends the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act. Deletes language providing that a group may not adopt an interstate highway for purposes of litter collection. Provides that a group may not allow a person under the age of 18 to collect litter along an interstate highway.
Amends the Election Code. Permits voters to cast straight-party ticket votes. Effective January 1, 2004.
Amends the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption provisions in the Property Tax Code. Increases the ceiling for household income eligibility, for taxable years 2003 and thereafter, from $40,000 per year to $50,000 per year. Amends the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption provisions and the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement from the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person or entity may not print an individual's social security number on an insurance card that is used to establish the eligibility of an individual or his or her dependents to receive health, dental, optical, or accident insurance benefits, prescription drug benefits, or benefits under a managed care plan or a plan provided by a health maintenance organization, a health services plan corporation, or a similar entity. Provides that existing insurance cards with an individual's social security number must be replaced with insurance cards without the individual's social security number. Provides that a violation constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Effective January 1, 2005.
Creates a task force to study the factors necessary to implement a First Aid and CPR/AED requirement for school bus drivers.
Recognizes the fourth Saturday in January as American Eagle Day in Illinois.
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.
