Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State aid formula.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding maintenance.

Encourages the citizens of this State to give blood during Blood Week August 10-16, 2003.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, in DUI cases involving personal injury or death, hospital personnel must, upon request by a law enforcement officer, withdraw blood or obtain urine samples from the offender to determine the alcohol or drug content in his or her blood or urine. Effective immediately.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Adds the following to the list of information that may be contained in a foreclosure complaint: the name of the original lender providing financing to the borrower; the name of the loan officer who signed the mortgage loan application; the name of the residential mortgage licensee receiving compensation relating to financing by the mortgager; the name of the residential mortgage licensee's loan officer who signed the mortgage loan application; and the name of the real estate appraiser who provided the appraisal on which the financing was based.

Urges the U.S. Congress to closer examine how procurement opportunities are awarded to service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and to take all necessary measures to require the full and immediate implementation of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Act of 1999.

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department, in consultation with the Board of Higher Education, to study programs that increase the participation of minorities in health care professions and report to the Governor and General Assembly. Requires the Department to develop a statewide network of existing programs and to encourage these programs in underserved areas of the State. Authorizes the Department to award grants to these programs, subject to appropriation. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Sets forth legislative findings concerning the funding and implementation of renewable energy sources by public universities. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Income Withholding for Support Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Provides that if there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency equal to at least one month's support obligation on the termination date stated in the order for support or, if there is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated, then the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or delinquency. Provides that the periodic payment shall be in addition to any periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency. Provides that each order for support entered or modified on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act must contain a statement notifying the parties of these requirements. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2004.

Recognizes the Aurora Public Library in Aurora on its centennial celebration.