Makes appropriations to the State Board of Elections for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Adds a caption to a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Restricted Call Registry Act. Makes a stylistic change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes technical changes to the short title Section.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Removes a provision that requires a taxpayer to add to federal adjusted gross income, to arrive at base income for Illinois income tax purposes, distributions from a qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code other than distributions from the College Savings Pool or the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Program to the extent those distributions were excluded from income in arriving at federal adjusted gross income. Amends the State Treasurer Act and further amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to allow an income tax deduction for moneys contributed in the taxable year to the College Savings Pool, the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Program, or to any other qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (now, deduction limited to College Savings Pool contributions). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a local agency may delegate to its superintendent of highways the authority to set reduced speed limits within construction or maintenance zones. Provides that if a superintendent of highways sets a reduced speed limit for a construction or maintenance zone under the new provision, the local agency must maintain a record of the location of the construction or maintenance zone, the reduced speed limit set and posted for the zone, and the dates during which the reduced speed limit was in effect.
Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 and the Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that a child support installment that becomes due based upon the payment frequency as ordered by the court shall become a separate and distinct judgment. Provides that when the judgment remains unpaid for 30 days from the date due, simple interest shall begin to accrue daily on a per diem basis at the rate of 9% per annum for each day beyond the 30 day grace period. Sets out a formula for calculating the per diem interest. Provides that each child support payment made within a single installment period is to be credited first to the current support installment due with any excess or subsequent payment during the same period being credited to past due support.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Includes disabled persons within the provisions granting an assessment freeze homestead exemption to senior citizens. Changes the name to the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption (now Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption). Makes corresponding changes to a cross-reference to the exemption. Amends the States Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines a medical practitioner or medical examiner as any person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in the State of Illinois. Changes certain cross-references. Effective immediately.
Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Provides that, if a Local Mass Transit District is created by one or more municipalities or one or more counties, or a combination thereof, then each participating municipality or county shall appoint trustees in proportion to the percentage of service it receives from the District (now, shall appoint one trustee for every 100,000 inhabitants, or fraction thereof, of the municipality or county). Provides that, if an even number of trustees are appointed to the Board, that the municipality or county that receives the largest percentage of service shall appoint one additional member. Effective immediately.
