Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the provision that states that certain municipal officials are conservators of the peace after completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board does not apply to any alderman, councilman, or trustee of a municipality that restricts or prohibits the private ownership or possession of any firearms by residents of that municipality by ordinance or resolution. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a violation of the offense of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by any alderman, councilman, or trustee of a municipality not entitled to carry or possess a firearm in accordance with that provision of the Illinois Municipal Code is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the repeal of the Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act to January 1, 2015. Amends the Illinois Petroleum Education and Marketing Act. Provides that there is created until January 1, 2015 (instead of January 1, 2008), the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board which shall be subject to the provisions of the Regulatory Sunset Act. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Permits fire protection districts to establish an impact fee to be imposed on new building developments and construction to reduce the costs of providing additional services to the new building developments and construction. Defines "impact fee".
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Re-enacts the provisions of Section 3-12-2 of the Code, relating to recovery of the costs of incarceration from money received by an inmate from works created as an avocation and not in the course of a work program. This Section was affected 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. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Re-enacts the provisions of Section 3-7-6 of the Code, relating to reimbursement of the Department for the costs of incarceration. This Section was affected 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. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act must provide coverage for ostomy equipment and related medical supplies, including disposable ostomy bags, that are medically necessary for the treatment of ostomies. Effective January 1, 2007.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the provisions of any ordinance or resolution adopted by any unit of local government that impose restrictions or limitations on the acquisition, possession, transportation, storage, purchase, sale, or other dealing in firearms and firearm ammunition, components, accessories, and accoutrements for firearms that do not provide an exception for the use or possession of a firearm for the act of self-defense or defense of another when on one's land or in one's abode or fixed place of business are invalid, and all those existing ordinances and resolutions are void. Provides that a unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may not regulate the possession or use of a firearm kept for self-defense or defense of another and may not regulate ammunition, components, accessories, or accoutrements for such firearm. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act and through December 31, 2006, flexible fuel vehicles, as defined in provisions of the Alternate Fuels Act, are exempt from taxation under the Acts. Effective immediately.