Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a member of the armed forces of the United States, other than a reserve component, on active duty on the due date of any installment of taxes due under the Property Tax Code shall not be deemed delinquent in the payment of the installment until 90 days after the due date or, if the member is deployed outside the continental United States, 90 days after the member is redeployed to the continental United States. Provides that members of the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States or members of the National Guard who are on active duty shall not be deemed delinquent in the payment of the installment until 90 days (now, 30 days) after the member returns from active duty. Deletes provisions concerning an amnesty period in Cook County for certain National Guard members for taxes on homestead property due and payable in 1991 or 1992. Effective immediately.
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Honors the memory of Starkesia Marie Reed and Siretha White, both of Chicago, who were caught in the crossfire of violence.
Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. Permits dependent children between the ages of 19 and 23 to buy into the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program if the child (i) was enrolled in the Program prior to turning 19 years of age, (ii) is enrolled in a post-secondary education program full-time, and (iii) is eligible to be claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes. Authorizes the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish eligibility, co-pay, and premium requirements and requires to Department to take into consideration health benefits available to the child through the education program. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules to assist in paying premiums for health care coverage through the child's education program as an alternative to enrollment in the Program. Effective July 1, 2006.
Creates the Identity Theft Notification Act. Requires any data collector that owns or uses personal information in any form that includes personal information concerning an Illinois resident, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data, without regard for whether the data has been accessed by an unauthorized third party for legal or illegal purposes. Provides that notice may be provided in one of the following ways: (1) written notice; (2) electronic notice; or (3) substitute notice if the person or business demonstrates that the cost of providing notice would exceed $250,000, or the affected class of persons to be notified exceeds 500,000, or the person or business does not have sufficient contact information. Provides a private right of action for a violation of the Act.
Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Allows a tax credit for individual taxpayers in an amount equal to 25% of the premium costs paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for each qualified long-term care insurance contract purchased on or after January 1, 2006 that offers coverage to either the taxpayer or to the taxpayer's spouse, parent, or dependent. Provides that the credit may not exceed $100 for each qualified long-term care policy. Provides that the credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero and may not be carried forward. Provides that a taxpayer is not entitled to the credit with respect to amounts expended for the same qualified long-term care insurance contract that are claimed by another taxpayer. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Allows a tax credit of up to $2,000 for an individual taxpayer who pays the burial expenses for a fetus for which a fetal death certificate has been issued. Provides that the credit (i) may be taken by only one taxpayer with respect to any one fetal death, (ii) may not be carried forward or back, and (iii) may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. Requires the Department of Revenue to adopt rules concerning the credit. Effective immediately.
Amends the Dental Practice Act. Provides that any person licensed to practice dentistry under the Act shall provide to the Department proof of insurance coverage for professional practice, as required for valid licensure, and shall at all times display the proof of insurance or a duplicate original thereof in a conspicuous place in his or her office of dental practice.
Mourns the death of Dorothy J. Harbour.
Mourns the death of Albert Blanchard Sr.