Amends the Veterans Burial Places Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the function of veteran organizations.
Amends the Veterans' Employment Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning Vietnam veterans.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Election Code. With respect to local referenda authorized by the Illinois Constitution, changes the minimum petition signature requirement to at least 8% of the number of votes cast in the governmental unit for candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election.
Amends the Election Code. Requires election authorities to prepare and provide special consolidated primary election absentee ballots that permit instant run-off voting for absentee voters in the United States military or outside the United States on the consolidated primary and consolidated election days. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt implementing rules.
Amends the Election Code. Permits a person to vote by absentee ballot on the basis that he or she is 65 years old or older.
Amends the senior citizens homestead exemption Section of the Property Tax Code to provide that, for taxable years 2004 and thereafter, disabled persons are eligible for the exemption as well. Defines "disabled person" to have the same meaning as in the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. 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.
Amends the Personnel Code with respect to exemptions. Removes exemptions for scientific and technical staff of the Illinois State Museum; scientific staff of the State Scientific Surveys and Waste Management and Research Center; technical and engineering staffs of the Department of Nuclear Safety, Pollution Central Board, and Illinois Commerce Commission; technical and engineering staff of the Department of Central Management Services; and hearing officers of the Human Rights Commission. Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Removes a provision stating that technical and engineering personnel are not subject to the Personnel Code.
Amends the Election Code. Changes the period during which a person may not register to vote to 20 days, rather than 27 days, before an election. Effective immediately.
