Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes to a Section concerning alternative control strategies.
Amends the State Finance Act. Decreases the total amount of Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for Fiscal Years 2004 through 2008. Beginning with fiscal year 2005, prohibits Road Fund moneys from being appropriated to the Department of Central Management Services, the Department of Employment Security, the Department of Revenue, the Court of Claims, or any other State agency (other than the Department of State Police and the Department of Transportation and, until fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of State) for the purposes of the provisions concerning appropriations from the Road Fund. Provides that beginning with fiscal year 2008, no Road Fund moneys may be appropriated to the Secretary of State. Provides that appropriations to those entities for those purposes shall be made from the General Revenue Fund. Provides that the Department of State Police may continue to receive appropriations from the Road Fund for the highway patrol budget or the Court of Claims for any claims made against any activities that are funded by the Road Fund. Provides that it is unlawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Requires a person convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine or of the possession of a methamphetamine manufacturing chemical to pay restitution for the cost of an emergency response to the site where the manufacture of methamphetamine occurred. The restitution payment may not exceed $5,000 per public agency.
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that a "shared housing establishment" is for 16 (instead of 12) or fewer persons. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Prohibits the inspection of the verbatim record of a closed meeting, including for discovery purposes, in a judicial proceeding other than in a judicial proceeding to determine whether the Act has been violated. Requires (now, permits) a court's examination of verbatim records in a civil proceeding to be conducted in camera. Requires that the initial examination in a criminal proceeding must be in camera, but other examinations need not be in camera. Removes the authority of an administrative hearing officer to redact information that may qualify under the attorney-client privilege.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the disposition of moneys paid into the Hospital Provider Fund.
Amends the School Construction Law. Provides that for school districts that have consolidated within a prior fiscal year, the grant index shall be calculated for each of those school districts that form the new school district. Provides that whichever grant index is the highest shall be used as the grant index for the newly consolidated school district.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning agrichemical facility or lawncare containment permit endorsement.
