Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section requiring the Department of Corrections to designate those institutions and facilities that are maintained for persons assigned as adults and as juveniles.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that no person shall sell or issue a gift certificate that is subject to an expiration date. Provides that no gift certificate or any agreement with respect to the gift certificate may contain language suggesting that an expiration date may apply. Provides that fees and penalties shall not be imposed for inactivity with respect to a gift certificate. Provides that any person who sells a gift certificate subject to an expiration date shall be fined not more than $500 per occurrence. Defines gift certificate.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and maintain an Internet website devoted to the marketing of Illinois goods and services by linking potential purchasers with producers of goods and services who are located in the State. Allows the Department to charge a reasonable fee for inclusion on the website. Requires the Department to advertise the website. Effective on January 1, 2005.
Amends the Illinois Development Finance Authority Act. Adds a caption to the short title Section.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that proof that a minor was present in a structure or vehicle in which the minor's parent, custodian, or guardian was involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine constitutes prima facie evidence of abuse and neglect.
Creates the Accessible Electronic Information Act. Requires the Secretary of State, as the State Librarian, to develop and implement a program of grants to qualified entities to make newspapers and other time-sensitive printed material available to the blind and disabled in accessible formats produced on a multi-state basis through computer and telecommunication technology. Funds the grants through a surcharge established by the Illinois Commerce Commission on local exchange telecommunications company subscribers. Amends the State Finance Act to create the necessary special fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Public Aid shall update the reimbursement rates paid to sheltered care facilities under the Medicaid program to provide for an increase in those rates sufficient to cover a sheltered care facility's expenses incurred in complying with the increase in the State minimum wage as provided in Public Act 93-581. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund. Further amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act to provide that from appropriations to the Department from the Fund the Department shall purchase needed equipment and supplies to enhance the lives of the residents at and to enhance the operations of veterans' homes in Illinois. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State aid formula.
Establishes a Task Force on One-to-One Mentoring. Requires the Task Force to hold hearings concerning the best course of action to maximize the potential of at-risk youth and to report its recommendations to the House of Representatives no later than January 1, 2005.
