Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Department of Natural Resources Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources as soon as practicable to assign a customer identification number to each applicant for a hunting or fishing license. Provides that after the applicant has been assigned a customer identification number, the applicant may use that customer identification number in place of his or her social security number on any subsequent application for a hunting or fishing license. Requires the Department to keep a record of the social security number of each applicant and to notify each applicant that his or her social security number is kept on file with the Department. Provides that a licensee's social security number shall not appear on the face of his or her hunting or fishing license.
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Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Revenue to notify an individual if the Department discovers or reasonably suspects that another person has used that individual's social security number. Effective immediately.
Creates the Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act and amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the Helping Heroes Child Care Program for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services. Provides for the program to be administered by the Department of Human Services, but only if federal funding is made available for that purpose. Provides that any such federal moneys received by the State shall be deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for income eligibility criteria to be established by the Department by rule. Provides that a family that received child care assistance before the parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care that are necessary by reason of that deployment. Provides that a family is not eligible for a child care voucher if the family receives child care services from the United States military. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to provide steroid abuse prevention education to students who participate in interscholastic athletic programs.
Encourages the Department on Aging to develop a streamlined program to help Illinois senior citizens understand the various prescription drug assistance programs that are available to them in this State.
Recognizes the month of March as March for Meals in honor of the citizens of the State of Illinois.
Names the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Illinois.
Congratulates C. Richard "Dick" Ellis on the occasion of his retirement as Village President of Minooka.
Honors Kay Halterman of Ottawa for being a successful businesswoman and dedicated community member who has set many good examples in her 61years of service to her patrons.
Congratulates the Coal City Coalers on their tremendous accomplishments during the 2004 football season.