Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Adds a caption to a Section concerning arbitration of medical malpractice disputes.

Amends the Disease Assistance Act. Provides that Alzheimer's disease affects an estimated 4,500,000 (rather than 1,500,000) Americans. Provides that approximately 200,000 (rather than 111,000) Illinois citizens are victims of Alzheimer's disease. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a pedestrian who is under the influence of intoxicating compounds (as well as one who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs), to a degree which renders the person a hazard, may not walk or be upon a highway except on a sidewalk. Provides that a violation is a Class C misdemeanor (rather than a petty offense). Provides that a person who violates the provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the violation is a proximate cause of an accident resulting in great bodily harm or death to another person.

Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Adds stalking to the definition of harassment.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services must implement a statewide program for suicide prevention. Sets forth the duties of the program. Requires the Department, no later than January 1, 2005, to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the status of the program. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a full-time contractual employee of the Speaker or Minority Leader of the House of Representatives or the President or Minority Leader of the Senate who performed only legislative functions may establish credit for that employment. Effective immediately.

Amends the Boundary Changes Article of the School Code. Provides that a petition for dissolution of a school district that was approved by the regional board of school trustees and that was initiated by the registered voters residing in the district proposed to be dissolved is not effective until the question of dissolution and annexation has been submitted to the electors in each affected school district at a regular election. Makes changes concerning when a school district with a population of less than 5,000 residents may be dissolved and its territory annexed. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits residency within the school district from being considered in determining the employment of a teacher. Also, prohibits residency within the district from being considered in determining a teacher's compensation or whether to retain, promote, assign, or transfer that teacher (now, this prohibition applies only if residency within the district was not required at the time of employment as a qualification of employment). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.