Rep. Lou Lang

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Deletes a provision that the decisions of the Property Tax Appeal Board must be based upon equity and the weight of evidence and not upon constructive fraud. Provides that the assessments that are the subject of the appeal to the Board shall be presumed correct and legal, but the presumption is rebuttable, and that the complainant has the burden of proving any contested matter of fact by clear and convincing evidence. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Riverboat Gambling Act. Separates the Illinois Gaming Board from the Department of Revenue for the purposes of enforcing and administering the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes conforming changes. Prohibits members of the Board from holding any other public office (rather than any other public office for which he or she shall receive compensation). Prohibits members of the Board from engaging in any political activity. Provides for an annual salary for Board members. Makes changes regarding disclosure of equity interests of the Board members and their spouses and children. Makes changes in provisions concerning the determining factors in the Board's decision in granting owners licenses. In provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Board, removes language allowing the Director of Revenue to delegate responsibility for the administration and enforcement of certain Acts concerning gaming to the Board and adds language concerning appointing investigators. Makes changes concerning appropriations from the State Gaming Fund. Makes other changes. Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Excludes the Illinois Gaming Board from the definition of "agency directly responsible to the Governor". Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the State Employees Article, adds investigators for the Illinois Gaming Board to provisions concerning the alternative formula. In the Judges Article, allows a participant who, on or after March 1, 2005, serves on the Illinois Gaming Board to continue to receive benefits despite that service. Effective immediately.

Amends the Election Code. Changes from $150 to $5 the minimum aggregate campaign contribution or expenditure that must be disclosed per contributor or recipient.

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to allow individual taxpayers, 65 years of age or older, a deduction for unreimbursed amounts spent on home health care services. Applicable to tax years ending on or after December 31, 2005. Sunsets the deduction after 10 years. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.