Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that an assault or battery using an air rifle constitutes aggravated assault or aggravated battery. Amends the Air Rifle Act. Eliminates the maximum $50 fine that may be imposed for violation of the Act by a person who is not a dealer of air rifles. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Common School Fund.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Establishes the Universal Service Fund to provide a basic set of essential telecommunications services and access to advanced service capabilities to all customers in Illinois. Provides for an assessment upon telecommunications providers operating in Illinois. Provides for the Illinois Commerce Commission to administer the universal service programs. Requires the Commission to appoint a Universal Support Fund Council to advise the Commission concerning the administration of the universal service programs. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Universal Service Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Effective January 1, 2006.
Creates the Designation of Person to Exercise Parental Rights Act. Provides that a parent of a minor may designate another person to exercise parental rights in relationship to the minor child. Lists the requirements for a designation. Provides that a parent may revoke a designation by notifying, either verbally or in writing, the designee or a school, health care provider, or health plan to which the designation has been presented, or by any other act evidencing a specific intent to revoke. Provides that a designation is revoked by the execution of a subsequent designation by the parent. Limits the liability of a person who acts based upon the consent of a designee and who reasonably and in good faith believes that the parent has in fact authorized the designee to provide the consent. Provides that a person may be deemed to have acted negligently, unreasonably, or improperly if he or she has knowledge of facts indicating that the designation was never given, did not extend to act or acts in question, or was revoked. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes mortgage loan steering or other specified fee and loan practices, based on the fact that a person is a member of a protected class under the Human Rights Act, an unlawful business practice. Provides that a consumer who is concerned about a steering practice in the State may file a written request for assistance with the Attorney General or the State's Attorney.
Amends the School Code. With respect to residency, provides that "legal custody" includes custody by an adult who demonstrates that he or she has assumed and exercises primary (instead of legal) responsibility for the pupil. Provides that a school district must require an adult claiming custody because he or she exercises primary responsibility for the pupil to complete and sign an Affidavit of Residency. Provides that an adult establishing certain types of custody is authorized and must agree to act in the place of the parent with respect to certain decisions and contacts. Provides that once certain types of custody are established, the school district is no longer responsible for communicating with the parents of a pupil unless a parent asserts custody. Provides that once a school board has made its decision with regard to a residency hearing, any party to the hearing may appeal the decision to the State Superintendent of Education. Provides that the decision of the State Superintendent of Education is final and subject to judicial review. Makes related changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning child care for TANF recipients, provides that in order to determine child care base reimbursement rates, the Department of Human Services shall conduct, every other year, a market rate survey of the licensed child care providers in the State. (Removes a provision concerning a market rate survey to be completed by July 1, 1998.) Provides that the Department may establish varying child care base reimbursement rates based on age classifications and groupings of counties reflective of variations in the price of child care as determined by the market rate survey. Provides that not later than the start of the first fiscal year following the effective date of this amendatory Act, all base reimbursement rates for licensed child care providers shall thereafter be set at not less than the 50th percentile and shall not exceed the 75th percentile as determined by the most recent market rate survey. Makes provision for percentile adjustments, rates for registered legally license-exempt home child care providers, and providers who serve children with a special need. Requires the Department to implement a tiered rate reimbursement system under which child care providers who attain benchmarks of higher quality child care shall receive a premium in addition to the base reimbursement rate. Provides that child care providers who accept reimbursement from the Department under these provisions may not charge a parent receiving child care assistance a rate in excess of the parent's co-payment. Removes a provision that the Department shall, by rule, set rates to be paid for the various types of child care. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Provides that any entity conducting a clinical drug trial on a human person in this State must register with the Department. Sets forth certain minimum requirements for the registration. Provides that the information so gathered shall be collected in a clinical trials data bank administered by the Department. Requires the Department to publish aggregates of the clinical trials data collected, at least annually, and with personal identifiers redacted. Sets forth the purposes for the publication of clinical trials data and provides that the Department shall take all steps necessary under State and federal law to protect patient confidentiality. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the requirements.
Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, every employer shall pay each employee who is 18 years of age or older wages of not less than $7.50 per hour. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2008, the minimum wage shall be annually increased by the Director of Labor using the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. Effective July 1, 2007.
