Amends the Firemen's Disciplinary Act. With respect to certain periods of suspension, changes references from "72 hours" to "24 duty hours". Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that provisions governing an election authority's computerization of voter registration records do not prevent an election authority from supplying the State Board of Elections with a duplicate of some or all of the electronic master file. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $10,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to Western Illinois University for all costs associated with the design and construction of a riverfront campus in the Quad Cities. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the general homestead exemption provisions in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2004 and thereafter, the maximum amount to be reduced from the assessed value of the property is $5,500 in all counties (now, $4,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $3,500 in all other counties). Effective immediately.
Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. Provides that one method of publishing an authorizing ordinance shall be by posting, as authorized by applicable law. Effective January 1, 2004.
Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Prescription Drug Discount Program Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Illinois Citizens Prescription Drug Discount Program Act, and makes the program's benefits available to all Illinois residents. Provides for a $25 annual enrollment fee, but exempts persons eligible for pharmaceutical assistance under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act from payment of the fee. Amends the State Finance Act to change the name of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Prescription Drug Discount Program Fund to the Illinois Citizens Prescription Drug Discount Program Fund.
Amends the Election Code. Authorizes binding initiatives relating to a healthful environment to be placed on the ballot by electors of units of local government.
Amends the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption provisions in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for taxable years 2004 and thereafter, the maximum amount to be reduced from the assessed value of the property is $3,500 in all counties (now, $2,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $2,000 in all other counties). Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the electors of a county may, by binding referendum, reduce the size of the county board to a number of not less than 17 members. Provides that if the referendum is passed, then the county board must use the reduced number of county board members as the size of the county board the next time that it reapportions the county. Applies only if the Illinois Constitution is amended to allow the number of members of a county board to be fixed by county-wide referendum.
Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under the Act, "income" does not include any payment received on account of a military service connected disability.
