Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

Amends the School Code. Provides that in the awarding of grants for truants' alternative and optional education programs, the chronic truant and dropout rates of the areas served by the projects as compared to State averages must be taken into consideration first, and the population of the areas served, striving to serve as many students as possible with the funds available, must be taken into consideration second. Effective July 1, 2007.

Creates the Landlord Accountability Act. Makes legislative findings. Provides for relocation assistance to be paid by a landlord to a tenant if a tenant's dwelling is condemned or declared unlawful to occupy. Provides that a municipality or other unit of local government may pay relocation assistance to a tenant forced to relocate under the described circumstances and then file an action to collect that amount plus interest, costs, fines, and attorney's fees from the landlord and file a lien for this amount against the property if the amount is not paid. Provides further procedures for enforcement, appeals, and related matters.

Amends the Airport Authorities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the petition to set forth a tax rate.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that any company issuing a policy of automobile insurance must print the amount of the insured's deductible on the insurer-provided insurance card.

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, the Pharmacy Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, and the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that no licensee or registrant under the Acts shall be compelled to release his or her prescription records to any person or entity licensed under the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act or any other pharmaceutical sales company and may take all acceptable measures necessary to safeguard these records from unwanted release. Prohibits licensees or registrants under the Acts from releasing any prescription record to a person or entity licensed under the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act or any other pharmaceutical sales company, unless the licensee or registrant has obtained a release waiver from the patient for whom the prescription was initiated or the patient's authorized agent. Amends the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act to prohibit the compulsion of the release of prescription records from a licensee or registrant and the receipt of prescription records without the provision of proof of a patient waiver.

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that for fiscal years 2008 and thereafter appropriations from the Road Fund to the Department of State Police may not exceed $45,000,000, and appropriations from the Road Fund to the Secretary of State may not exceed $30,000,000. Effective immediately.

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 research and development, 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 Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal credit to: (i) 7.5% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2007; and (ii) 10% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2008 or thereafter. Effective immediately.

Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning definitions.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an officer of the Department of State Police who is driving a motor vehicle in the course of his or her official duties must have his or her in-car video camera operating at all times. Effective immediately.