Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act, the Public Funds Investment Act, and the Illinois Pension Code to prohibit investment in corporations formerly incorporated in the United States that have incorporated in a foreign country to avoid taxes. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to establish penalties for misconduct by a corporate official and fraud in insolvency and to create the Corporate Crime Fund, a special fund in the State treasury, to be used to provide restitution to victims of commercial bribery. Increases the penalties for commercial bribery.

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Changes the name of the Illinois Incentive for Access Grant Program to the Silas Purnell Illinois Incentive for Access Grant Program. For these grants, provides that the maximum amount paid per applicant per year is $1,000 for applicants with an expected family contribution of $0 and $500 for applicants with an expected family contribution of $500 or less but more than $0. Requires the Commission to give priority to applicants with an expected family contribution of $0. Effective July 1, 2004.

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any waiver by a consumer of the Protections in the Act is deemed contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes a prior conviction under the laws of another jurisdiction that is similar to a violation under the laws of this State for which the defendant is guilty of a Class 4 felony for domestic battery.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act to provide instruction for the handling of domestic violence complaints with the guidelines developed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and representatives from named State and private offices with an interest in preventing domestic violence. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 to mandate the implementation of a system for recording domestic violence calls and annually reporting the number of those calls. Provides that law enforcement officers shall also annotate signs of whether the alleged abuser was under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Denies benefits resulting from an individual's death to persons convicted of financially exploiting, abusing, or neglecting the decedent while the decedent was an elderly person.

Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Open Parole Hearings Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to establish a toll-free number that may be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present information for consideration by the Board at the parole hearing or at a proceeding on determining conditions of mandatory supervised release or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate sentence who committed the crime against the victim. Effective immediately.

Creates the Civil No Contact Order Act. Sets forth procedures under which a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration may petition a court for a civil no contact order requiring the person who committed the non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration to stay away from the victim. Provides that violation of a civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that a law enforcement officer may make an arrest without a warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a violation of a civil no contact order. Provides that sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State Police copies of no contact orders issued by the court and that civil no contact orders shall be entered in the LEADS system. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain a record and index of civil no contact orders.

Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, provides that the tuition charged an undergraduate student who is an Illinois resident shall not exceed the amount that the student was charged at the time he or she first enrolled in the university as an Illinois resident if that student enrolled not more than 3 and one-half academic years before.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.