Amends the Property Tax Code. Re-enacts the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption. The exemption was created by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Increases the maximum reduction for the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption from $3,000 to $3,500 for taxable years 2006 and thereafter. Increases the maximum income limitation in the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption from $45,000 to $50,000 for taxable years 2006 and thereafter. Amends the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act. Increases the maximum income limitation under the Act from $40,000 to $45,000 for taxable years 2006 and thereafter. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Municipal Code. Changes the definition of "municipality" in the Illinois Joint Municipal Natural Gas Act, which allows 2 or more municipalities to form a municipal natural gas agency and sets forth the powers and requirements for those agencies, to include cities, villages, or incorporated towns located in any other state in the United States (instead of the State of Illinois only). Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. With respect to savings realized from the implementation of State agency business processing efficiency initiatives, provides that savings realized by the Department of Transportation shall be deposited into the Construction Fund, rather than the Efficiency Initiatives Revolving Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Allows the use of cable restraints not powered by springs, spring poles, or mechanical devices to trap fur-bearing mammals on land with written permission from the landowner or tenant of the land. Provides that cable restraints must be visited at least once each calendar day. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing mammals from, or to move or disturb in any manner, the cable restraints owned by another person without written authorization from the owner. Allows the use of locking type cable restraints for use in water trapping. Provides that written permission is not required for water sets. Prohibits the use of cable restraints during the closed trapping season. Prohibits the use on land of cable restraints with a loop diameter exceeding 15 inches. Prohibits the use on land of cable restraints without a relaxing mechanical lock, anchor swivel, and stop device to prevent the relaxing mechanical lock from closing the noose loop to a diameter of less than 2 1/2 inches. Prohibits the use of cable restraints attached to a drag or a movable object. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Tool and Die Lien Act. Provides that a toolmaker has a lien on all special tools produced by it and on all proceeds from the assignment, sale, transfer, exchange, or other disposition of the special tool until the toolmaker is paid in full. Defines "toolmaker". Provides that an initial notice in writing shall be given to the customer and processor, either delivered personally or sent by registered mail to the last known address of the customer and the processor. Requires that the notice state that a lien is claimed in the amount set forth and include a demand for payment. Provides remedies for a toolmaker who is not paid for a special tool. Sets out second notice requirements that must be met before a toolmaker may sell a special tool.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game for the benefit of Illinois veterans, to commence on January 1, 2006. Provides that the net revenue from the game shall be deposited into the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund for making grants, funding additional services, or conducting additional research projects relating to certain veterans issues. Provides that moneys collected from the special instant scratch-off game shall be used as a supplemental financial resource and shall not supplant existing moneys that the Department of Veterans Affairs may currently expend. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Veterans Assistance Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Methamphetamine Abusers Pilot Program at the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center. Provides that the Program shall be established upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance by the Franklin County Board and with the consent of the Director of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of the unlawful possession of methamphetamine under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, after an assessment by a designated program licensed under the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act that the person is a methamphetamine abuser or addict and may benefit from treatment for his or her abuse or addiction, may be ordered by the court to be committed to the Program. Provides that the Program shall consist of medical and psychiatric treatment for the abuse or addiction for a period of at least 90 days and not to exceed 180 days. Provides that a treatment plan for each person participating in the Program shall be approved by the court in consultation with the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services. Provides that the Director of Corrections shall appoint a Program Administrator to operate the Program who shall be licensed to provide residential treatment for alcoholism and other drug abuse and dependency. Provides that persons committed to the Program who are 17 years of age or older shall be separated from minors under 17 years of age who are detained in the Juvenile Detention Center and there shall be no contact between them. Provides that the Director of Corrections, after consultation with the Program Administrator, shall determine the effectiveness of the Program in rehabilitating methamphetamine abusers and addicts committed to the Program. Provides that the Director shall prepare a report based on his or her assessment of the effectiveness of the Program and shall submit the report to the Governor and General Assembly within one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act and each year thereafter that the Program continues operation.
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Department of State Police and the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly develop a protocol to be followed in determining whether a dwelling, structure, or other site at which methamphetamine had been illegally manufactured may again be safely put to its intended legal use. Provides that the Department of State Police and the Environmental Protection Agency must develop the protocol by January 1, 2006 and post the protocol on their official Web sites. Provides that the owner or lessor of a dwelling, structure, or other site at which methamphetamine had been illegally manufactured without the knowledge of the owner or lessor is immune from any civil liability that may result from conditions arising from the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine if the owner or lessor cleaned up the dwelling, structure, or other site in accordance with the protocol.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that an adult day service contract with the Department shall constitute certification by the Department of the adult day service. Defines "adult day service". Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less may be annexed by any municipality that shares a boundary, in whole or in part, with the territory under several circumstances including, if the unincorporated area is bounded by one or more municipalities and a forest preserve district or a park district (now, forest preserve district). Provides that nothing in the Section shall be construed as permitting a municipality to annex territory that is owned by a park district without obtaining the district's express consent as provided in the Park District Code. Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district's property shall not be subject to annexation by a municipality without the express consent of the board of park commissioners. Effective immediately.