Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Repeals a Section of the Act that provides that the District is liable for certain property damage. 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 Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "Associate Procurement Officers".
Creates the Big Box Impact Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning coroners.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the Returning Veterans' Homestead Exemption, under which an exemption from the property's value is granted for residential property that is owned and occupied as a residence by a veteran for the tax year in which the veteran returns from active duty in an armed conflict involving the armed forces of the United States. In a Section concerning the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption, provides that in all counties (now, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants), the county board may by resolution provide that if a person has been granted the homestead exemption, the person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption. In a Section concerning the alternative general homestead exemption, extends the alternative exemption by an additional 3 years. Provides that the maximum amount of the exemption is $60,000 if the general assessment year for the property is 2006 or later. Provides that the base year for counties other than Cook County is the 2005 or 2006 tax year. Provides that, to subject itself to the provisions of the alternative general homestead exemption, a county must adopt an ordinance to that effect within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in the Section of the campaign finance Article defining "candidate".
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
