Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an insurer that issues a liability insurance policy for a vehicle shall issue to the policy holder an insurance window sticker as evidence that the vehicle is covered by the policy. Provides that rules adopted by the Secretary of State shall prescribe that an insurance window sticker contain the same information as is required on an insurance card and shall require that reasonable measures be taken to prevent the fraudulent production of insurance window stickers. Provides that the insurance window sticker shall be permanently affixed to the lower left corner of the windshield of the vehicle. Provides that the display of a false insurance window sticker is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a person commits a Class 4 felony if he or she alters an invalid insurance window sticker to make it appear valid or knowingly makes, sells, or otherwise makes available an invalid or counterfeit insurance window sticker.
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates the Returning Veterans' Homestead Exemption, under which an exemption from the property's value is granted for residential property that is owned and occupied as a residence by a veteran for the tax year in which the veteran returns from active duty in an armed conflict involving the armed forces of the United States. In a Section concerning the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption, provides that in all counties (now, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants), the county board may by resolution provide that if a person has been granted the homestead exemption, the person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption. In a Section concerning the alternative general homestead exemption, extends the alternative exemption by an additional 3 years. Provides that the maximum amount of the exemption is $60,000 if the general assessment year for the property is 2006 or later. Provides that the base year for counties other than Cook County is the 2005 or 2006 tax year. Provides that, to subject itself to the provisions of the alternative general homestead exemption, a county must adopt an ordinance to that effect within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Deletes a Section requiring the Illinois Department of Public Health or a local public health department to give notice to a principal of the school in which a child is enrolled when a school aged child has acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex (ARC) or has been shown to have been exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other identified causative agent of AIDS. Effective immediately.
Creates the Trans Fat Disclosure Act. Provides that a restaurant or similar retail food establishment must mark any food containing 0.5 grams or more of trans fat with a label on its menu stating that the food contains trans fat. Provides that this requirement applies only to restaurants and similar retail food establishments with $20 million or more in annual gross sales. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to administer and enforce the Act.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that when a quitclaim deed is recorded or filed on any property (instead of on any property within a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more), the recorder of deeds must send by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, a notice (instead of mail a notification postcard) to any party with an interest of record in the property (instead of to the previous owner of record) at the most current address listed for the party on the property record in the recorder's office (instead of the address listed for the party on the property record in the recorder's office) or as listed on the most current tax bill of property taxes for the property. The notice (instead of postcard) must state that a newly recorded quitclaim deed has been filed on the property, and must state the date of the new recording, the address of the recorder's office, and any other information deemed necessary by the recorder. Provides that the recorder must notify all parties with an interest in property if there is recorded or filed a quitclaim deed to a parcel of property. Amends the Conveyances Act. Provides that the grantor, the grantee, or any person who possesses an executed quitclaim deed must record the deed in the office of the recorder within 7 days after the deed is executed and the person who records the deed shall pay all fees charged by the recorder for sending certified notices to all parties with an interest of record in the property.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal credit to: (i) 7.5% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2007; and (ii) 10% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2008 or thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Provides that, prior to the consummation or termination of a transaction, escrow moneys shall be deemed abandoned and transferred to the Office of the State Treasurer to be handled as unclaimed property pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act only: (i) in the absence of disbursement under certain conditions; (ii) in the absence of notice of the filing of any claim in a court of competent jurisdiction; and (iii) if 6 months have elapsed after the receipt of a written demand for the escrow moneys from one of the principals to the transaction or the principal's duly authorized agent.
Creates the Affordable and Clean Energy Standards (ACES) Act. Provides the findings of the General Assembly. Provides that electric utilities shall utilize cost-effective energy efficiency and load management investment in their energy resource portfolios according to specified guidelines. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall adopt the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code, without amendment, as the statewide residential building code for new home construction and significant additions or remodels of existing homes. Includes a severability clause. Preempts home rule. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer authorized to do business in this State may not use a person's ZIP code in underwriting or rating personal insurance, including the determination of premium rates.