Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the amounts collected by any municipality from the tax on hotel rooms authorized to be imposed in a municipality under the Code shall be expended by the municipality as follows: (1) 20% shall be allocated to the local convention and tourism bureau; (2) 40% shall be allocated to the municipality for unrestricted use; (3) 10% shall be allocated to hotels in the municipality to be used for marketing purposes, but that, if the convention and visitors bureau of a municipality undertakes the marketing for hotels in that municipality, then this 10% shall instead be allocated to the convention and visitors bureau for marketing purposes; and (4) 30% shall be allocated to the municipality, but its use shall be restricted solely to promote tourism and conventions within that municipality or otherwise to attract nonresident overnight visitors to the municipality (now the amounts collected may be used solely to promote tourism and conventions within that municipality or otherwise to attract nonresident overnight visitors to the municipality). Effective immediately.
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Appropriates $1 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue to study the Circuit Breaker Program. Effective July 1, 2004.
Appropriates $1 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Comptroller for a study to determine methods to improve oversight of cemeteries throughout the State. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Agricultural Fair Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Fiscal Note Act and the State Debt Impact Note Act. Provides that if a bill authorizes the issuance of bonds, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall prepare a fiscal note specifying certain principal and interest payments required to be made by the State. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Provides that no more than 0.25% (now, 0.50%) of the principal amount of the proceeds of sale of each bond sale is authorized to be use to pay reasonable costs of issuance and sale of the bonds. Removes language authorizing the bond sale order to provide for a portion of the proceeds of the bond sale, up to 12 month's interest on the bonds, to be deposited directly into the capitalized interest account of the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund. Provides that Bonds must be offered for sale with principal or mandatory redemption amounts in substantially equal amounts, with the first maturity offered for sale occurring within the fiscal year in which the Bonds are offered or within the next succeeding fiscal year, with bonds offered for sale maturing or subject to mandatory redemption each fiscal year thereafter up to 25 years. Provides that if more than half of the proceeds of an issue of Bonds to be offered for sale are expected to be used for refunding purposes or if more than half of the principal amount of bonds are offered for sale with a variable rate, the entire issue of the Bonds may be sold pursuant to notice of sale and public bid or by negotiated sale. Provides that all bonds in an issue that include refunding bonds must mature no later than the final maturity date of Bonds being refunded. Requires certain "truth in borrowing disclosures" upon the issuance of bonds and refunding bonds. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $1 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for a study on enrollment trends at public universities. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Provides that coverage requirements regarding emotional disorders apply under the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Extends coverage requirements to individual policies. Requires coverage for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Increases from 35 to 60 the number of covered outpatient visits per year. Deletes a provision eliminating coverage requirements for serious mental disorders on January 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Amends the Probate Act of the 1975. Provides that a person acquitted by reason of insanity but who has been found by the court to have in fact committed the murder of the decedent shall also be conclusively presumed to have caused the death intentionally and unjustifiably for inheritance purposes. Adds a tenancy to the list of types of property that a person who intentionally and unjustifiably causes the death of another is banned from receiving. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. For purposes of the AABD program, provides that "disabled person" is defined as in the Social Security Act (instead of providing a definition separate from that Act). Sets forth standards to be used by the Department of Human Services in determining whether persons are disabled for purposes of the AABD program. Provides Medicaid eligibility for non-citizens in the case of medical care needed for treatment of an emergency condition, if the non-citizen otherwise meets the financial eligibility requirements for the AABD MAG program or Family Care program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.