Amends the Public Utilities Act to create a new Article concerning telecommunications, which may be cited as the Telecommunications Services Rewrite Law of 2005. Contains only an Article heading and a short title provision.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in counties of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a county board may levy and collect, annually, a tax of not to exceed 0.05% of the value of all taxable property in the county, for the expense of conducting elections and maintaining a system of permanent registration of voters. Provides for the end, in the calendar year that this new tax is collected and disbursed, of the requirement that the county board pay over to any municipal board of election commissioners in the county, for the expense of conducting elections and maintaining a system of permanent registration of voters, general taxes collected by the county. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Exempts the extension for taxes for the expense of conducting elections and maintaining a system of permanent registration of voters from the limitation on property tax extensions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the exemption from the Act for suppliers, sellers, or manufactures, when applied to transportation of aggregate materials including, but not limited to, sand and gravel, asphalt, or concrete, shall apply only to employees of those same suppliers, sellers, or manufactures who are engaged in the transportation of those materials and does not extend to any third parties. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited activities.
Amends the Illinois Trust and Payable on Death Accounts Act. Makes a technical change to the short title Section.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative findings.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Ends, with taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2004, the addition modification requirement for individuals for distributions from non-Illinois qualified tuition programs under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Allows a deduction for individuals, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005 of up to $10,000 for contributions to all qualified tuition programs under the Internal Revenue Code (now, the deduction is allowed only for contributions to a College Savings Pool Account or to the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund). Effective immediately.
Creates the Isolated Wetlands Protection Act. Provides that subject to certain conditions no person may conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity within or affecting an isolated wetland in such a manner that the biologic or hydrologic integrity of the isolated wetland is impaired except in accordance with the terms of an individual permit issued by the Agency or authorized by the Agency. Sets forth various conditions and requirements of permits and classifications of isolated wetlands. Provides for the formation of an Illinois Wetlands Advisory Committee. Authorizes judicial review of classifications of isolated wetlands or denial of permits after review by the Pollution Control Board. Authorizes the Agency to investigate violations of the Act and to pursue enforcement under certain procedures of the Environmental Protection Act. Sets forth certain fees for permits. Preempts home rule in certain circumstances. Provides that Sections of the Act are severable. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Isolated Wetlands Management Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that processing sites or facilities that receive only on-specification used oil originating from used oil collectors for processing to produce products for sale to off-site petroleum facilities are not pollution control facilities under the Environmental Protection Act if these sites or facilities are: (i) located within a home rule unit of local government with a population of at least 30,000 according to the 2000 census, that home rule unit of local government has been designated as an Urban Round II Empowerment Zone by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and that home rule unit of local government has enacted an ordinance approving the location of the site or facility and provided funding for the site or facility; and (ii) in compliance with all applicable zoning requirements. Effective immediately.
