Amends provisions of the Equal Pay Act of 2003 requiring employers covered by the Act to post a notice, prepared or approved by the Director, summarizing the requirements of the Act and information pertaining to the filing of a charge. Adds language providing that a notice with specified contents is in compliance with that requirement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Authorizes a school district to, without referendum, adopt a levy to recapture revenue lost by a property tax refund it is required to make. Provides that, for purposes of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, the school district's aggregate extension base shall not include the recapture levy. Provides that any taxpayer who has received a refund of property taxes has been included in a recapture levy by a particular school district under this Section shall have the right to have the extension of the district's levy against his or her property abated to the extent that the extension exceeds $500.
Creates the Force Fed Birds Act. Prohibits force feeding birds and selling products that are the result of force feeding birds. Violation is a petty offense with a fine of $1,000. Each day is a separate offense.
Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that a home rule unit of local government or any municipality in this State may regulate smoking in public places. Provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the regulation in the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Maintains the exemption from home rule requirements for home rule units that passed ordinances regulating smoking before October 1, 1989. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the month of November of each year as Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the word "DECEASED" and the date of death shall not appear on a copy of a birth certificate furnished to a parent of a child who died within 3 months of birth, provided no other copy of a birth certificate was furnished to the parent prior to the child's death. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the requirement of covers or tarpaulins for certain load.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that payments made after December 31, 2004 of winnings from gambling games conducted on a riverboat licensed under the Riverboat Gambling Act are allocable to this State. Requires payors to withhold such winnings if they are $5,000 or more. On January 1, 2005 changes from $1,000 to $5,000 the threshold above which withholding is required for lottery winnings. Effective immediately.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that after all other payments are made out of the State Gaming Fund, an amount equal to 3% of the adjusted gross receipts deposited into the State Gaming Fund shall be transferred monthly into the Special Recreation Services Fund. The General Assembly shall annually appropriate the moneys in the Special Recreation Services Fund to the Department of Revenue for grants to special recreation associations, which are associations formed as a result of a joint agreement entered into between 2 or more park districts or municipalities to provide recreational programs for the handicapped. Provides that on or before each August 1, beginning in 2004, the Department of Revenue shall make grants to eligible special recreation associations in 2 rounds. In each round, the grant shall be distributed proportionately according to population, but a special recreation association shall not receive more than 10% of the grant moneys available for a fiscal year. Any moneys remaining undistributed after the second round shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Special Recreation Services Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Extends the annual transfer of money from the General Revenue Fund to the Grape and Wine Resources Fund through June 30, 2006. Extends the reporting date for review of the Council's activities to January 1, 2006.
