Amends the Property Tax Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Authorizes corporate authorities of a municipality may designate an area of the municipality as a blighted homestead area. Sets forth the requirements and the procedures for making this designation. Provides that the designation for a blighted homestead area becomes effective at the beginning of the next taxable year after the ordinance is adopted and continues for the next 6 taxable years thereafter. Provides that blighted homestead property is entitled to an annual homestead exemption in an amount equal to the equalized assessed value of the residence in that current taxable year minus the equalized assessed value of the residence during the taxable year in which a municipality designated the property to be a blighted homestead. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning (i) the operation of the State Disbursement Unit and (ii) contracts concerning that operation, provides that a child support disbursement check, correspondence related to child support, or any other document related to child support may not contain the social security number of the child support obligor, the obligee, or the child entitled to support unless required under federal law or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Provides that nothing in these provisions prohibits the social security numbers of child support obligors, obligees, or children entitled to support from being retained as a confidential record not subject to public disclosure. Effective October 1, 2005.
Creates the Prescription Drug Price Finder Act. Requires the Department on Aging to establish and maintain an online clearinghouse to be known as the State of Illinois Prescription Drug Price Finder. Provides that the Drug Price Finder shall identify the 25 most commonly prescribed drugs in Illinois, as reported by pharmacies to the Department of Public Aid, and their prices. Provides that the Department on Aging shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Department of Public Aid and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for the purpose of implementing the Drug Price Finder program. Provides that any licensed pharmacist or pharmacy in the State may participate in the Drug Price Finder program, and requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to cooperate with the Department on Aging in encouraging pharmacists and pharmacies to participate in the program. Sets forth the information that must be made available on the Drug Price Finder Web site, and requires the Department on Aging to update the information contained on the Drug Price Finder Web site every 2 months. Requires that the Drug Price Finder program be fully operational within 6 months after the effective date of the Act. Requires the Department on Aging to evaluate the Drug Price Finder program after 18 months and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority shall administer a road equipment revolving loan program to provide interest-free loans to units of local government for the purchase of road equipment that is manufactured in the United States of America. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority shall determine eligibility for the loans based on need and that the loan funds, subject to appropriation, shall be paid out of the Road Equipment Revolving Loan Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides terms for the loan concerning: (i) the maximum aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans to any one unit of local government; (ii) the repayment schedule; and (iii) the amount that must be repaid each year. Requires the Illinois Finance Authority to adopt rules to administer the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund.
Amends the School Code. Provides that only scores on State assessments of students enrolled in a school on or before the last school day in September of the school year in which a State assessment is given shall be used in determining whether a school is placed on academic early warning status or academic watch status. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Provides that a recipient of Program grants must be constructing, modifying, altering, or retrofitting an (i) ethanol plant (now, just plant) that has annual production capacity of no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel per year or a (ii) biodiesel plant. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and administer grant programs including: the Illinois Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol Program, the Illinois Corn Grain to Fuel Research Consortium Assistance Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Corn-to-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Biodiesel Infrastructure Grant Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Ethanol Development Intergovernmental Assistance Program. Sets forth the purposes and conditions for these grant programs. Provides that subject to appropriation (now, subject to appropriation from the Build Illinois Bond Fund), the Director is authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund grants. Sets forth that the annual aggregate amount for these grants shall not exceed $25,000,000 in Fiscal year 2007 and 2008 and $15,000,000 thereafter (now, may not exceed $15,000,000). Specifies how these grant funds shall be allocated. Sets forth certain limitations on spending on the various Program grants including for research conducted at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville not to exceed $1,000,000 annually, and a one-time grant in FY 2007 not to exceed $3,000,000 for construction, remodeling, and expansion of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville. Provides that normal operating and execution of renewable fuels programs in existence on January 1, 2006 within the Department from the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to fund these grant programs. Sets forth certain conditions for the operation of this Fund. Provides for certain annual payments from the General Revenue Fund to the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, to provide that on or after July 1, 2006 and on or before June 30, 2016, those tax rates apply to 90% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol (now, apply to 80% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol). Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act to provide that beginning January 1, 2008 a minimum of 10% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol and that beginning January 1, 2012 a minimum of 15% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a coroner may charge another county a fee for a required autopsy when the person who dies was transported to and died at a trauma center in the county, if the county from which the person was transported does not have a trauma center. The fee shall be $1,000 or the cost of the autopsy, whichever is less. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $200,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the administration of a pilot program to provide recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families with assistance in obtaining a post-secondary education degree. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the rights of crime victims.
Urges the Attorney General to continue the methamphetamine summits.