Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Authorizes the Commerce Commission to prohibit an incumbent local exchange carrier from paying dividends to an out of state parent corporation when the incumbent local exchange carrier is in violation of service quality rules for basic local exchange service.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State and the Department of State Police shall jointly develop policies and procedures to capture and encode fingerprint information on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by the Secretary. Provides that the Secretary and the Department shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than April 1, 2004 on the proposed policies, procedures, costs of implementation, and any recommended changes to rules and statutes. Provides that the Secretary shall implement procedures to capture and encode fingerprint information on all Illinois residents who wish to have that information on their driver's licenses and identification cards issued on or after January 1, 2006.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Prohibits the distribution, transportation, importation into this State, sale, offer for sale or possession of 50 caliber sniper weapons. Establishes penalties and exemptions. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that no transfers may be made, in order to help defray the State's operating costs for the fiscal year, from the Road Fund or the State Construction Account Fund on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the Advertising Revenue Act. Contains a short title only.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person who obtains a social security number from a consumer for the purpose of obtaining a consumer credit report with regard to that consumer shall remove the consumer's social security number from the person's records promptly after the person obtains the consumer credit report, except as otherwise specified. Provides that a violation is an unlawful practice under the Act.
Amends the Interagency Wetland Policy Act of 1989. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Interagency Wetland Policy Act of 1989. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code with respect to the valuation of open space land. Provides that, in determining the historic nature of land for which an application has been submitted for special valuation as open space land because it preserves historic sites, the chief county assessment officer may consider the land's inclusion in or consistency with a federal, State, regional, or local government policy or plan for the preservation of historic sites. Provides that a parcel of land is not considered used for open space purposes if the outside boundaries of the parcel completely enclose a separate parcel used for residential or commercial purposes.
