Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall compile a database of the flexible fuel vehicles in the State by zip code area. Provides that the database shall be completed and made available to the public in both print and electronic format by January 1, 2004. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Police Act. Provides that each person certified by the Department for appointment as a Department of State Police officer and each person serving as a Department of State Police officer must receive training designed to educate the officer in how to immediately respond to and investigate cases of domestic violence and of sexual assault of adults and children, how to recognize the victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, and how to approach and assist persons experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, including both victims and batterers. Provides that the Department of State Police, in consultation with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, shall develop this training program. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the training of police officers shall include how to recognize the victims of sexual assault and domestic violence and how to approach and assist persons experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, including both victims and batterers.
Congratulates the "Stone Wall Stitchers" of Pecatonica for making lap robes for senior citizens, nursing home residents, and for sick and shut-in individuals.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a police dog who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the Director of State Police in consultation with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board may, consistent with the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution, search for the presence of cannabis or a controlled substance by sniffing persons, vehicles, or other items, and if the sniffing indicates to a peace officer the presence of cannabis or a controlled substance in violation of the Cannabis Control Act or the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, such indication constitutes probable cause for a peace officer to search the person, vehicle, or other item that the police dog sniffed and any cannabis or controlled substances seized are admissible into evidence in a criminal prosecution.
Creates the Premier Resort Areas Act. Provides that the governing body of a municipality or county may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution declaring itself (for a county, the unincorporated areas only) to be a premier resort area if at least 40% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable commercial property within the municipality or unincorporated areas of the county is used by tourism-related retailers. Authorizes a premier resort area to impose an occupation or service tax on tourism-related retailers at a rate of 0.5% of the gross receipts from sales of tangible personal property at retail or 0.5% of the gross receipts from the selling price of all tangible personal property transferred as an incident to a sale of service, as appropriate. Authorizes intergovernmental cooperation agreements between 2 or more premier resort areas.
Congratulates Hoskins Building Center in Jo Daviess County on the occasion of its sesquicentennial.
Amends the School Code. Provides that whenever the term "registered mail" is used in the School Code, it shall be deemed to authorize the use of either registered mail or certified mail, return receipt requested. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Allows the sheriff of any county, with the approval of the county board and in cooperation with the chief judge of the circuit in which that county is located, to implement a pilot program providing for the conduct of status hearings through interactive video conferences. Provides that the sheriff shall report to the Governor and to the General Assembly concerning the use, costs, effectiveness, and future viability of interactive video conferences for status hearings.
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code. Provides that no license issued under either Act shall require the applicant to disclose the applicant's Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) number or Social Security number.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the court shall not issue an order for tax deed to a county if: (1) a municipality has obtained a judicial deed for the property because the property has been abandoned; and (2) the municipality files an objection to the issuance of the deed to the county. Provides that, for property that meets these criteria, the court may instead issue a tax deed to the municipality, if the municipality otherwise meets the requirements for issuance of a tax deed. Effective immediately.
