Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the exemption from an eavesdropping violation for recordings made simultaneously with a video recording of an oral conversation between a peace officer who has identified his or her office and a person stopped for an investigation of an offense under the Illinois Vehicle Code applies only if the recordings are used: (1) as evidence of traffic or criminal law violations that arise from the same stop for the investigation of an offense under the Illinois Vehicle Code; (2) to investigate the veracity of a complaint against the peace officer if the complainant was a participant at the traffic stop in which the incident that gave rise to the complaint occurs; or (3) to evaluate the peace officer's performance for the sole purpose of providing continuous training to members of the police department. Provides that each police department that uses a recording for any of these purposes must have adopted a policy describing the procedures to be followed by a peace officer of the department who conducts investigative stops and makes these recordings. Effective immediately.
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Authorizes the conveyance of certain property by the Secretary of Transportation. Authorizes the release of certain easements. Effective immediately.
Makes a reappropriation for FY04 to Northeastern Illinois University from the Capital Development Fund for the Fine Arts Complex. Effective on July 1, 2003.
Makes an appropriation for FY04 to Northeastern Illinois University from the General Revenue Fund for teacher grant matching funds. Effective on July 1, 2003.
Makes an appropriation for FY04 to Northeastern Illinois University from the General Revenue Fund for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective on July 1, 2003.
Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code to base retirement benefits on the highest 12 months, rather than 4 years, of salary within the last 10 years of service, for persons retiring after December 31, 2003. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Public Aid may not establish any formulary limits on, or restrict by any prior authorization requirement, any insulin prescription drug as prescribed and determined to be medically necessary for the treatment of diabetes. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the Public Service Accountability Act. Sets out the requirements for privatization contracts between contractors and State agencies. Provides for the monitoring and enforcement of privatization contracts. Establishes fines and prison sentences for a violation of certain Sections of the Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning reimbursement for a Board member's expenses.
Creates the Comprehensive Housing, Health, and Supportive Services for Older Adults Act and amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, the State Finance Act, and the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Director of Public Health, in coordination with the Director of Aging and the Director of Public Aid, to monitor and analyze the distribution of housing and services for older adults in the different geographic areas of the State and implement corrective action plans by July 1, 2005. Provides for a program for conversion of nursing homes to assisted living or shared housing establishments; makes such conversions exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, and provides for transition planning grants to nursing homes making such conversions. Creates special funds in the State treasury for use in implementing the Comprehensive Housing, Health, and Supportive Services for Older Adults Act. Provides for transfers from the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund to the new Nursing Home Conversion Fund and the new Nursing Home Transition Planning Grant Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.