Amends provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act providing that a locked out employee is not disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits under specified circumstances. Makes numerous changes in the criteria to be used in determining whether a locked out employee is disqualified from receiving benefits.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the amount of money available for supplemental (13th check) benefits, from 0.62% to 0.80% of payroll. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Exempts the construction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's Emergency Operations Center, if the majority of funding is from federal funds, from provisions requiring separate bids for specified components of a construction contract exceeding a value of $250,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that all licensees authorized to conduct riverboat gambling operations on the Mississippi River (now one such licensee) may move their home docks to a municipality that borders the Mississippi or is within 5 miles of a municipality that borders on the Mississippi River. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the death benefit from $3,000 to $5,000. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act with respect to the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund. Removes the prohibition of using moneys in the Fund for construction of motorized recreational trails on Department of Natural Resources owned or managed land. Effective immediately.
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.
Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. With respect to the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund, provides that at least 92% (now 60%) shall be allocated for motorized recreation and not more than 8% may be used for administration, enforcement, planning, and implementation costs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an end-use customer within or outside its service area shall be subject to specified provisions of the Act with respect to such sales. Provides that a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an end-use customer within or outside its service area shall not subsidize such sales through the utility's regulated business. Provides that a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an end-use customer within or outside its service area shall not discriminate in the provision of regulated gas service based upon the existence or terms of an unregulated sale of natural gas. Provides that the Commission may require a gas utility to file reports regarding its unregulated sales of natural gas in the State and shall have access to, for the purpose of review, a gas utility's contracts for unregulated sales of natural gas. Effective immediately.
Creates a study committee to investigate and hold public hearings about the effects of U.S. trade policy on Illinois jobs and farms.
