Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Toll Highway Authority has the power to enter into a contract with a unit of local government or other public or private entity under which the Authority agrees to collect by electronic means tolls, fees, or revenues on behalf of that entity. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the School Code. In recomputing a general State aid claim that was originally calculated using an extension limitation equalized assessed valuation, provides that a qualifying reduction in equalized assessed valuation shall be deducted from the extension limitation equalized assessed valuation that was used in calculating the original claim. Provides that in calculating the amount of State aid to be apportioned to school districts, the State Board of Education shall incorporate and deduct the total aggregate adjustments to assessments made by the State Property Tax Appeal Board or Cook County Board of Appeals from the equalized assessed valuation that is otherwise to be utilized in the initial calculation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Electronic Mail Act. Requires an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement to establish a toll-free telephone number or return e-mail address that the recipient of the advertisement may call or e-mail to notify the sender not to e-mail any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Prohibits an initiator of an unsolicited e-mail advertisement from selling or transferring the e-mail address of a person who given notice that he or she does not want to receive any further unsolicited e-mail advertisements. Provides that each unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include "ADV:" as the first 4 characters and each adult-oriented unsolicited e-mail advertisement's subject line shall include "ADV:ADLT" as the first 8 characters.
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that in fiscal year 2006 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the State budget must contain one or more line items appropriating moneys to pay certain liabilities incurred in the previous fiscal year. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Creates the Budget Stabilization Act and amends the State Finance Act. Limits appropriations from the State's general funds in fiscal years when estimated general funds revenues exceed certain previous fiscal years' general funds revenues. Requires the State Comptroller to transfer from the General Revenue Fund into the Budget Stabilization Fund or Early Debt Retirement Fund an amount equal to the fiscal year's unappropriated general funds revenues. Establishes appropriation limits and a transfer schedule. Specifies the purpose of the Budget Stabilization Fund and requires that earnings on its investment remain in the Fund. Creates the Early Debt Retirement Fund as a special fund within the State treasury for payment of certain liabilities. Effective immediately.
Creates the Small Business Advisory Act. Requires State agencies to create and make available on the World Wide Web a small business advisory page with plain language explanations of proposed and adopted rules and legislation affecting small businesses that the agency is designated to administer, and plain language versions of advisory opinions and interpretations. Provides that explanations must remain posted on the web page for 6 months after their effective dates. Requires each agency to notify the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs when it updates its small business advisory web page. Requires DCCA to serve as a clearinghouse for notifying the small business community of rulemakings, seek input from the small business community on those rulemakings, and maintain a small business advisory web page that serves as a coordinated point of access to other agencies' small business advisory web pages.
Mourns the death of Prentiss Thompson of Aurora.
Amends the School Code. Creates a K-3 class size reduction grant program to be implemented and administered by the State Board of Education. Limits use of the grant funds to operating and maintaining classes in grades K-3 with a class size of no more than 20 pupils. Effective immediately.
Creates the Community Senior Services and Resources Act and amends the State Finance Act. Provides for grants to be awarded by the Department on Aging to local community senior services and resource centers. Provides for a Community Senior Services and Resource Center Advisory Committee, with 12 voting members appointed by the Governor, to advise the Department on Aging on the administration of the Act. Creates the Community Senior Services and Resources Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, to be used by the Department on Aging for grant awards and for administering the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Creates a 5-year prohibition against bids from and contracts with businesses with personnel convicted of a felony under (i) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or (ii) the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Requires that bids and contracts certify that the business is not barred by the prohibition and permits a State agency to void a contract if the certification is false.
