Appropriates $7,400,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for capital needs at Jackson Park Hospital. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning discrimination in the granting of financial aid or social services.
Creates the Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Act. Provides for a deposit value of 5 cents to be paid by consumers on each beverage container sold in the State by a dealer for consumption. Provides that upon the return to a dealer or person operating a redemption center, the dealer or redemption center shall pay the value of the deposit back to the consumer as a refund. Sets forth requirements for the administration of the program. Provides certain exemptions to the program. Requires that the refund value be clearly indicated on all beverage containers sold in the State. Provides for the Environmental Protection Agency to certify redemption centers. Prohibits snap-top beverage containers. Provides that persons violating the Act shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Prohibits the manufacture of certain plastic metal beverage containers. Prohibits the disposal of beverage containers at sanitary landfills. Provides that deposits not passed on to the consumer through bottle redemption shall be distributed as follows: 75% to the Agency for environmental and conservation-related programs, and 25% to each distributor in proportion to the amount of beverage containers each distributor sold in the State. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Container Fee and Deposit Fund.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that if the amount of child support was reduced or suspended because the obligor was incarcerated and if the full amount of child support that would have been owed but for the reduction or suspension has not been paid to the obligee by the time the child attains majority, the court, upon application, may order the obligor to make child support payments after the child attains majority. Provides that the period for which such payments are due shall begin on the date the child attains majority or the date the obligor is released from incarceration, whichever is later, and the length of the period shall be equal to the length of the period of the obligor's incarceration. Provides that the amount of support shall be the amount that was in effect immediately before the suspension of support or the amount by which the support was reduced because of the obligor's incarceration, whichever is less.
Amends the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative intent.
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, provides that, beginning in the assessment year 2005, the term "income" does not include any benefit paid during the taxable year under the federal Social Security Act to a disabled person who is a member of the household and is receiving care from the applicant or other member of the household. Defines "disabled person". Effective immediately.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, every employer shall pay each employee who is 18 years of age or older wages of not less than $7.50 per hour. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2008, the minimum wage shall be annually increased by the Director of Labor using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. Effective July 1, 2007.
