Appropriates $1,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of providing services to mental health patients at Jackson Park Hospital. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an amnesty program.
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning various fees.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code provision regarding a traffic stop statistical study currently in progress. Provides that from January 1, 2006 until December 31, 2007, whenever a State or local law enforcement officer stops a pedestrian on the basis of reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the officer must record certain information, including the officer's subjective determination of the stopped person's race. Requires law enforcement agencies to collect and transmit the recorded data to the Department of Transportation. Requires the Department to analyze the data for evidence of statistically significant aberrations concerning the race of stopped pedestrians and to make annual reports.
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Requires the commuter rail division to adopt rules to allow commuters to bring bicycles onto trains.
Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that in computing interest, the amount of the bill or invoice means the aggregate amount submitted by the vendor in one calendar day, whether electronically or on paper, and does not mean the items on the bill or invoice taken individually. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning jurisdiction over Lake Michigan.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that every public utility that provides gas or electric service to residential customers as primary or secondary sources of heating must report all of the following information annually in writing to the Illinois Commerce Commission: (1) the number of accounts that are past due each month, (2) the aggregate amount of past due balances each month, (3) the number of disconnection notices issued to residential customers each month, (4) the number of residential customers disconnected each month, (5) the number of LIHEAP households reconnected each month, (6) the number of residential customers eligible for emergency services under the Energy Assistance Act each year, and (7) the aggregate amount of arrears that are written off as bad business debt each year. Requires a utility to reconnect service to LIHEAP households whose service was disconnected for nonpayment if the consumer (i) pays 20% of the outstanding bill for the household or $250, whichever is less or (ii) agrees to a payment plan negotiated with the public utility by the local area agency on behalf of the consumer. Requires an electric or gas public utility to participate in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan established under the Energy Assistance Act and establish and implement an arrearage reduction program for consumers who are participating in the Plan. Provides that, if a public utility writes off an uncollectible account arrearage as a bad business debt on its State or federal income tax return, the utility shall cease all collection activities for that debt and write the indebtedness off of its books. Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Changes references to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Department of Public Aid pursuant to the transfer of powers and duties under Executive Order 3 (2004). Requires the Department of Public Aid to institute a Percentage of Income Payment Plan to ensure the affordability of heating service to low income Illinois residents. Requires that the Plan be in operation by September 1, 2005. Authorizes the Department to enter into contracts and other agreements with local agencies for the purpose of administering the Plan. Provides that monies in the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund be used to fund the Plan. Effective immediately.
Urges steps to increase the security of the CTA and other mass transit systems.
Appropriates $1,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of providing services to mental health patients at Jackson Park Hospital. Effective July 1, 2005.
