Amends the State Finance Act and the Children's Product Safety Act. Provides that a "children's product" is one designed or intended for children under age 12 (instead of 6); changes and adds other definitions. Provides that a children's product is deemed to be unsafe "only" if it meets certain specified criteria. Adds requirements concerning the Department of Public Health's list of unsafe children's products. Makes changes concerning safety standards for baby cribs. Imposes duties on manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, and distributors in connection with recalls of children's products. Provides for civil penalties for violations of the Children's Product Safety Act, and removes a provision making a violation a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that nothing in the Act relieves a commercial dealer from compliance with stricter requirements that may be imposed by an agency of the federal government. Adds enforcement powers of the Attorney General. Creates the Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund; provides for the deposit of civil penalties into the fund and for the use of moneys in the fund by the Attorney General. Effective immediately.
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Urges the United States Congress to preserve the Community Development Block Grant program and provide FY 2006 funding.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a NPDES permit for a term ending one year after the date of issuance if so requested by the permittee. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the offense of theft of motor fuel, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a minimum fine of $250 or 30 days of community service. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly operates a vehicle so as to cause it to leave the premises of an establishment at which motor fuel offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of the vehicle unless that person or some other person has paid for or charged the price of the dispensed motor fuel. Provides that a second violation shall cause the person's driver's license to be suspended for 6 months and that a third or subsequent violation shall result in a one-year suspension.
Congratulates the St. Alphonsus Lignori School in Prospect Heights on being named a 2004 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that an action by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to revoke or suspend a licensee's license for a violation of the Act shall be limited to the license for the specific premises where the violation occurred.
Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption also includes production related tangible personal property. Defines "production related tangible personal property" as all tangible personal property used or consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in which a manufacturing process takes place, including tangible personal property purchased for incorporation into real estate within a manufacturing facility and including, but not limited to, tangible personal property used or consumed in activities such as preproduction material handling, receiving, quality control, inventory control, storage, staging, and packaging for shipping and transportation purposes. Provides that "production related tangible personal property" does not include (i) tangible personal property used, within or without a manufacturing facility, in sales, purchasing, accounting, fiscal management, marketing, personnel recruitment or selection, or landscaping or (ii) tangible personal property required to be titled or registered with a department, agency, or unit of federal, state, or local government. Effective immediately.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Allows the distribution of a portion of the tax increment funds to library districts in the redevelopment project area that meet certain criteria.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for Small Business Development Centers. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Children's Product Safety Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall be responsible for regulating recall announcements and other information regarding the safety of children's products disseminated on the Internet. Provides that the Department shall provide links to this information on its website.