Rep. Karen May

Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Makes technical changes in the short title Section.

Recommends the creation of the Joint Task Force on Mercury Vehicle Components to effectively recover and collect mercury components from motor vehicles in the State.

Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Provides that there shall be an appeals process for any person or agency based on a finding of abuse or neglect. Provides that hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the Department of Public Health's rules. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Requires a pharmacy that dispenses medications via the Internet to Illinois residents and mails, ships, or delivers prescription medications into this State to prominently display its license or registration number at the entry point to the portion of the pharmacy's web site where prescription drugs are sold to the public. Provides that whoever dispenses medications via the Internet to Illinois residents and mails, ships, or delivers prescription medications into this State without the proper license or registration under this Act shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony for the first offense and shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony for each subsequent offense.

Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that, for the fiscal years beginning in 2004 and thereafter, all expenses incurred by a Service Board related to complimentary paratransit service to ADA paratransit-eligible individuals shall be exempted from the farebox recovery ratio or the system-generated revenues recovery ratio of the Service Board and the system-generated revenues recovery ratio of the Authority.

Amends the Interagency Wetland Policy Act of 1989. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Uniform Commercial Code. Provides that a payor bank may not impose a charge or fee more than once for each check returned due to insufficiency of available funds. Provides that a payor bank may impose a charge or fee only once per day regardless of the number of transactions resulting in insufficiency of available funds. Provides that a payor bank must process checks drawn against an account in a manner that is based upon debiting the smallest checks first each day. Provides that a bank wrongfully dishonors an item if it dishonors a check solely because it did not process checks in this manner.

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.

Creates the Advertising Revenue Act. Contains a short title only.