Makes appropriations and reappropriations to the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University for various purposes, including ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the State Budget Containment Act. Provides that the aggregate appropriations from the general funds made by the General Assembly for any given State fiscal year, including supplemental appropriations, shall be no more than 104% of the aggregate appropriations from the general funds for the immediately prior State fiscal year, including supplemental appropriations. Requires the Bureau of the Budget, on August 1 each year, to certify general funds revenues received by the State for the immediately prior State fiscal year. Provides that if the certified amount exceeds the amount received during the State fiscal year immediately prior to the immediately prior State fiscal year by more than 4%, then any excess over that 4% shall be transferred into the Budget Stabilization Fund. Authorizes the General Assembly to stop or reverse the transfer by a three-fifths vote in each house. Effective immediately.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes technical changes to a Section concerning facilities for persons with disabilities or disorders.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that a birth parent who is a minor must be represented by a guardian ad litem appointed by the court for the purposes of giving a consent for adoption, unless the minor birth parent is already represented by counsel. Requires the court to appoint a guardian ad litem in an adoption proceeding for each minor birth parent of the child sought to be adopted, unless the minor birth parent is already represented by counsel. Provides that the same guardian ad litem shall not represent both the minor birth mother and the minor birth father. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning public policy with respect to the determination and enforcement of the support responsibility of relatives.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of the Property Tax Appeal Board.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Adds a provision regarding construction contract disputes. Contains only a caption.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that regulates the acquisition, possession, sale, or transfer of firearms that the municipality has failed to submit a copy of that ordinance to the Department of State Police. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative intent in connection with public assistance fraud.
