Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Defines school for the purpose of sex offender registration to include an institution of higher learning. Effective immediately.
Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Requires any local mass transit district to obtain the concurrence, by resolution or ordinance, of the corporate authorities of the municipality within which the territory to be annexed is located when seeking to annex territory that (i) lies within the corporate limits of a municipality, (ii) is contiguous to a local mass transit district, and (iii) is not a part of another local mass transit district. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations and reappropriations to the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University for various purposes, including for ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Urges the Illinois Congressional delegation to support, work to pass, and vote for the immediate and permanent repeal of the estate tax.
Amends the State Designations Act. Designates Ragedy Ann and Ragedy Andy as the State dolls of Illinois.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a citation for an equipment violation that the alleged violator has made lawful, adequate, and complete repair of any defective equipment. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a citation for transporting a child in a defective or inadequate child restraint system that the alleged violator has replaced or has made lawful, adequate, and complete repair of the defective or inadequate child restraint system.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that for the purposes of a petition to have a minor adjudicated an abused or neglected minor, proof that the parent, custodian, or guardian has been involved in the manufacture of methamphetamine in a structure or vehicle where the minor resides, is present, or is otherwise endangered shall constitute prima facie evidence of abuse and neglect.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that for the purposes of a petition to have a minor adjudicated an abused minor, if an emergency responder discovers a child under 18 years of age upon any premises in which methamphetamine is being unlawfully manufactured by the parent or legal guardian of that child, it shall be prima facie evidence that the child is an abused child. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 in relation to the offense of endangering the life or health of a child. Provides that the presence of a child at the premises where methamphetamine is being manufactured by the parent or legal guardian of that child is prima facie evidence that the parent or legal guardian of the child placed the child in circumstances that endangered the child's life or health. Effective immediately.
Amends the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law. Provides that a manager of a condominium or of an apartment building shall post in a conspicuous place in the common areas of the condominium or apartment building a notice as to how a unit owner or renter can obtain information about persons who are registered as sex offenders under the Sex Offender Registration Act, including how to access information maintained in the Statewide Sex Offender Database that is posted on the Department of State Police Web site. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of aggravated controlled substance manufacturing arson. Provides that a person commits the offense of aggravated controlled substance manufacturing arson when he or she knowingly manufactures or attempts to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and that act is a contributing cause of damage to any building or structure and: (1) he or she knows or reasonably should know that one or more persons are present in the building or structure or reside or dwell in the building or structure; or (2) any person suffers bodily harm; or (3) the building or structure is the dwelling place of another and a child under 13 years of age is present in the dwelling or structure. Provides that aggravated controlled substance manufacturing arson is a Class X felony for which the defendant shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and not more than 50 years.
