Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to establish special procedures for late voter registration, beginning January 1, 2005. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt necessary rules.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning policing bodies furnishing fingerprints and descriptions of persons arrested to the Department of State Police and relating to the expungement of arrest records and the sealing of the records of the clerk of the circuit court.
Recognizes the East St. Louis Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., and salutes the women of the chapter on their Chartering Anniversary on January 30, 2004.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department's powers and duties.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Authorizes the issuance of an 11th owners license to operate from a home dock in the City of East St. Louis. Provides that the license shall be in addition to the 10 licenses currently authorized under the Act. Provides for a special distribution scheme for revenues derived from the 11th license. Effective immediately.
Creates the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community School Facility Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the University of Illinois' Urban School Improvement Program shall implement an EZ/EC program to develop and demonstrate mechanisms to attract federal resources and private sector investments to administer the program and support the repair, renovation, and improvement of school buildings and facilities in communities designated under federal law or regulations as Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities. Specifies types of demonstration methods that employ federal EZ/EC incentives to leverage private investment in support of improving school buildings and facilities. Provides for implementation of the EZ/EC program in conjunction with schools in communities located in Chicago, East St. Louis, and Springfield. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for a grant to the Family Resource Center for operational expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for grants to the City of Venice for street repair and construction. Effective July 1, 2003.
Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for feasibility studies for new tourist attractions. Effective July 1, 2003.
Reappropriates $800,000 from the Build Illinois Bond Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the purpose of a grant to the City of East St. Louis for the repair of the Mary Brown Community Center. Effective July 1, 2004.
