Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Changes the general primary election in non-presidential election years from the third Tuesday in March to June 2.
Creates the Paternity Fraud Act. Contains only a short title Section.
Amends the School Code concerning the organization of unit and combined school districts. Provides that referenda to elect board members at large must pass by a majority of those voting at the election in each congressional township of more than 100 inhabitants (now, in each congressional township, including those of less than 100 inhabitants). Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Requires that election officers place at least 2 markers 100 feet beyond the entrance to the room in a polling place where voting occurs. Permits electioneering on polling place property beyond the campaign free zone designated by the markers. Preempts home rule. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Allows registered voters to vote by personal appearance during an early voting period. Provides that the early voting period begins on the third Saturday preceding a general primary, consolidated primary, consolidated, or general election and ends on the Friday before the election. Provides for permanent and temporary polling places for early voting. Provides that the election authority must publish a schedule of locations and times for early voting. Sets procedures for the issuance, return, and casting of early ballots. Prohibits advertising or campaigning within 100 feet of a polling place for early voting. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Creates the Public Health Advocates Act. Creates the Public Health Advocates, a nonprofit membership corporation. Provides that the Public Health Advocates shall effectively represent and protect the interests of individual health care consumers in the State. Provides that the Public Health Advocates shall have the right to participate in a regulatory agency proceeding, unless the regulatory agency reasonably determines that the proceeding will not affect the interests of individual health care consumers of the State or does not relate to any public health issues. Establishes a Board of Directors to manage the affairs of the Public Health Advocates. Establishes the election and annual meeting procedures for the directors. Effective immediately.
Amends the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law. Provides that a manager of a condominium or of an apartment building shall post in a conspicuous place in the common areas of the condominium or apartment building a notice as to how a unit owner or renter can obtain information about persons who are registered as sex offenders under the Sex Offender Registration Act, including how to access information maintained in the Statewide Sex Offender Database that is posted on the Department of State Police Web site. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. In provisions authorizing school boards to excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 enrolled in a marching band program from engaging in physical education courses, removes the requirement that the enrollment in the program is for credit. Effective immediately.
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.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
