Amends the General Homestead Exemption provisions of the Property Tax Code. Provides that in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants if the assessed valuation of property has increased by more than 20% over the previous assessed valuation of that property, an additional exemption is allowed, with the amount of the additional exemption determined by household income. Effective immediately.
Sponsored bills
Congratulates Mildred Freid of Skokie on her 100th birthday.
Congratulates Steven K. Hartman as he retires as director of the Skokie Park District.
Congratulates Rabbi and Mrs. Yaakov Rajchenbach, recipients of the Parnes Torah V'Chesed Award, presented by the Chicago Center for Torah and Chesed.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Makes a stylistic change in provisions concerning the Director of Labor.
Congratulates Rabbi and Mrs. Meir Shapiro on retirement after 40 years at Arie Crown Hebrew Day School in Chicago.
Congratulates Rebecca Lang on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah.
Congratulates Sam E. Pfeffer on being the recipient of the 2004 Thomas and Lois Lloyd Humanitarian Award.
Amends the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act. Deletes provisions that prohibit a brewer from presenting an agreement to a wholesaler requiring the wholesaler to arbitrate all disputes without offering the wholesaler in writing the opportunity to reject arbitration and elect to resolve all disputes by maintaining a civil suit in accordance with the Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning defaulting on a loan.