Sen. Denny Jacobs

Amends the Service Contract Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to reimbursement policies.

Urges the Internal Revenue Service to prohibit refunds on taxes previously paid based on unearned profits.

Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning retail sales on Sundays.

Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that the Board shall issue 10 licenses (rather than may issue up to 10 licenses). Increases the owners license renewal fee from $5,000 per year to $50,000 per year. Provides that the additional license renewal fee moneys shall be paid to a compulsive gambling program administered by the Department of Human Services. Provides that riverboat gambling is authorized from a home dock located in a municipality that (1) borders on the Mississippi River or is within 5 miles of such a municipality and (2), on the effective date of this amendatory Act, has a riverboat conducting riverboat gambling operations under the Act, provided that one of those licensees shall operate from a dock in the city of East St. Louis. Provides that an owners licensee that receives an owners license authorizing it to begin conducting riverboat gambling operations on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act must attain a level of at least 20% minority person and female ownership, at least 16% and 4% respectively. Deletes the provision requiring an owners licensee to limit the number of gambling participants to 1,200. Decreases the wagering and admission tax rates beginning when gambling operations begin under a dormant license. Provides that the first $500,000 in fines and penalties collected under the Act each fiscal year, instead of being deposited into the Education Assistance Fund, shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund and paid to the Department of Human Services, subject to appropriation, to be used for the treatment of compulsive gambling. Amends Public Act 91-40 to replace that Act's inseverability clause with a severability clause. Effective immediately.

Creates the Use of Credit Information in Personal Insurance Act. Sets forth the manner in which credit information may be used in the underwriting and rating of personal insurance. Applies only to personal insurance. Provides for resolution of disputes over alleged errors in the credit information used by insurers. Requires insurers to file credit scoring models with the Department of Insurance. Effective October 1, 2003.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to property and casualty insurers.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Amends the Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act. Authorizes the conduct of pull tabs and jar games by charitable organizations at premises that are licensed under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. Provides that the licensee may retain a portion of the gross proceeds from the conduct of the pull tabs and jar games and that the charitable organization may retain a portion of the proceeds to pay reasonable compensation to its members and employees that conduct the pull tabs and jar games. Deletes the provision requiring that the name of a pull tab ticket and jar game ticket must appear in plain view on the face of the ticket.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning partial invalidity.