Amends the Election Code. Permits election authorities to develop and implement programs of Internet voter registration in accordance with rules of the State Board of Elections.
Amends the Attorney General Act. Requires the Attorney General to prepare, cause to be printed, and distribute to all municipal police departments and county sheriffs an information packet for victims of identity theft that includes certain information. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the county board of each county shall require the county sheriff to distribute an information packet prepared by the Attorney General to all victims of identity theft. Imposes the same requirement on the corporate authorities of all municipalities that have established a police department. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to establish and administer a Safe Routes to School Program under which grants from federal and State transportation funds are awarded to school districts who seek to provide bicycle facilities (such as paths), sidewalks, crossing guards, and traffic-calming measures to enable children to bicycle or walk safely to school.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the members of each Public Aid Committee and the members of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee are immune from personal liability in connection with their service on the committee to the same extent as an elected or appointed judge in this State is immune from personal liability in connection with the performance of his or her duties as judge. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes technical changes in Sections concerning special education classes and tuition for children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, and in-State housing units.
Amends the Election Code. Redefines the "leading political party" to consider votes received in the most recent gubernatorial election (now, the most recent 3 gubernatorial elections). Requires the selection of precinct election judges in proportion to the 2 leading political parties only when precinct boundaries are stable and to the extent possible.
Amends the Counties Code and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides for the adoption and implementation of a Cook County stormwater management plan by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Creates planning councils to advise the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District concerning stormwater management. Authorizes the District to implement the plan throughout the County. Authorizes the District to impose fees on areas outside the District but within the County. Authorizes a special tax levy for stormwater management purposes and reduces the District's authorized tax levy for general corporate purposes by a corresponding amount. Effective immediately.
Amends the Life Care Facilities Act. Provides that each resident of a life care facility is entitled to receive from the provider of services under a life care contract a copy of the provider's proposed annual budget that is used by the provider as a basis for an increase in the monthly fees to be charged the resident.
Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Extends the deadline for application for early retirement without discount from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2010; also reduces the required contribution for some members. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Makes a stylistic change in provisions concerning definitions.
