Sen. John J. Millner

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that by July 1, 2004, all licensed insurance companies in this State shall provide to the Secretary of State a record of all motor vehicle liability policies in effect on the date the information is provided. Provides for monthly reporting of all policies issued or canceled. Specifies information to be included in the reports. Provides that the Department of Insurance may assess a fine of $1,000 per day of noncompliance with any of the new requirements. Effective immediately.

Creates the Retired Officers Security Act. Permits the Department of State Police to issue permits to carry concealed firearms to retired peace officers and retired military who have served honorably for at least 10 years. Provides that permits to carry a concealed firearm shall be valid throughout the State for a period of 4 years from the date of issuance. Provides that a person in compliance with the terms of the permit may carry concealed firearms on or about his or her person. Provides that the permittee shall carry the permit at all times the permittee is carrying a concealed firearm and shall display the permit upon the request of a law enforcement officer. Establishes firearm proficiency tests for applicants for concealed carry permits. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2010. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Pre-empts home rule regulation of the issuance of concealed carry permits. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Authorizes the Illinois Housing Development Authority to develop and implement a program of financial assistance to recently hired Illinois teachers purchasing their first primary residence. Limits the program to teachers employed by school districts defined by the State Board of Education as financially needy or experiencing a teacher shortage. Limits eligibility to public school teachers with no more than 2 years of employment as teachers who commit to teach in their school district for at least 3 years after their closing date. Effective July 1, 2003.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a prosecution for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injuries or failing to give information or render aid in a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injuries or damage to an attended vehicle may be prosecuted at any time.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning agrichemical facility or lawncare containment permit endorsement.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that specified vehicles used exclusively for the transportation and mixing of concrete, manufactured before or in the 2004 model year and first registered in Illinois before January 1, 2005, are allowed specified weights on specified numbers and configurations of axles. Provides that a 4-axle truck mixer is allowed 20,000 pounds on a single axle and 36,000 pounds on a series of 2 axles greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches. Provides that the vehicle is subject to the same limitations as other 4-axle vehicles are allowed under the same provision. Provides that the vehicle is not subject to the weight limitations provided for 4- or 5-axle vehicles with regard to the weight transmitted upon the road surface through any series of 3 axles whose centers are more than 96 inches apart. Provides that the gross weight of the vehicle may not exceed the weights allowed by the bridge formula for 4 axles.

Creates the Childhood Hunger Relief Act and amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Requires the board of education for certain school districts to utilize available federal funding to establish a school breakfast program and a summer food service program. Provides that applications for participation in the school food programs shall be filed with the State Board of Education and information about the child's status shall be provided by the Department of Human Services upon written request. Makes changes concerning the breakfast incentive program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that if a person is charged with criminal sexual abuse or aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the prosecuting State's Attorney shall seek an order from the court to compel the accused to be tested for a sexually transmissible disease, including a test for infection with HIV. Presently, the test is only required for persons charged with criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, or predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.

Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 1961. Exempts from the definition of "render criminal assistance" the acts of a licensed physician who provides treatment for an emergency medical condition to a person whom he or she reasonably believes has committed a terrorist act and reports this belief to a law enforcement agency. Provides that a person who makes the report, if acting in good faith, is immune from civil, administrative, or criminal liability that might otherwise apply to these actions. Eliminates the reference to a licensed medical doctor.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated discharge of a firearm also includes the discharge of a firearm in the direction of a person the defendant reasonably should know to be a peace officer, a community policing volunteer, a correctional institution employee, or a fireman while the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman performing his or her official duties. Provides that the penalty is a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less than 10 years and not more than 45 years. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the offense is nonbailable. Effective immediately.