Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an end-use customer within or outside its service area shall be subject to specified provisions of the Act with respect to such sales. Provides that a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an end-use customer within or outside its service area shall not subsidize such sales through the utility's regulated business. Provides that a gas utility offering unregulated sales of natural gas to an end-use customer within or outside its service area shall not discriminate in the provision of regulated gas service based upon the existence or terms of an unregulated sale of natural gas. Provides that the Commission may require a gas utility to file reports regarding its unregulated sales of natural gas in the State and shall have access to, for the purpose of review, a gas utility's contracts for unregulated sales of natural gas. Effective immediately.
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Creates a study committee to investigate and hold public hearings about the effects of U.S. trade policy on Illinois jobs and farms.
Mourns the death of Donald Verstraete of Moline.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that any facility (instead of a facility located in a county with a population of over 700,000) that is operated in accordance with a Section concerning the exclusive acceptance of general construction or demolition debris is not a "pollution control facility". Effective immediately.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that, with certain exceptions, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission may revoke or suspend a licensee's license or impose a fine upon a licensee for a violation only if the applicable local liquor control commissioner has not revoked or suspended the licensee's license or imposed a fine upon the licensee for the violation. Provides that, for certain violations of the Act, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission may impose a fine that, when combined with the amount of any fine imposed by the appropriate local liquor control commissioner, equals up to $250.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in each county in which a teen court, peer court, peer jury, youth court, or other youth diversion program has been created, a county may adopt a mandatory fee of up to $5 to be assessed as provided and deposited into an account specifically for the operation and administration of a teen court, peer court, peer jury, youth court, or other youth diversion program. Provides that the fee must be paid (1) by the defendant on a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision for violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations of similar provisions in county or municipal ordinances committed in the county and (2) by the defendant on a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision under Section 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections for a felony; for a Class A, Class B, or Class C misdemeanor; for a petty offense; and for a business offense. Provides that the fees assessed must be deposited monthly by the circuit clerk into an account specifically for the operation and administration of youth diversion programs, less 5%, which is to be retained as fee income to the office of the clerk of the circuit court.
Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, increases the foundation level of support from $4,810 to $5,060. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may include, with any notice that the Secretary is authorized or required to give under the Code or any other law regulating the operation of vehicles, any material, from any source, that pertains to the donation of vehicles to charitable organizations.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Mourns the death of Mary Jo Novak of Rock Island.