Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the testing of water samples.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to prohibit court orders and judgments from concealing public hazards. Effective July 1, 2003, and applies to causes of action accruing on or after that date.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to retail theft. Provides that a lessee of personal property is civilly liable to the owner of the property if the lessee fails to return the property to the owner or fails to pay the full retail value of the property to the lessor in violation of a contract provision to do so, within 10 days after written demand from the owner for the property's return. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning rates.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning child care for TANF recipients, provides that beginning July 1, 2004, the rates paid by the Department of Human Services to all providers of child care services who are licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 shall be increased by an amount equal to 2% of the rates in effect on June 30, 2004. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning audits of public utilities.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning sulfur dioxide emission standards.
Mourns the death of Evangelist Armintie Juanita (Johnson) Moore formerly of East St. Louis.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging by providing that, beginning July 1, 2004, vendors of homemaker, chore, and housekeeping services shall receive a rate increase of $1.16 per hour if at least $0.86 of that increase is used to increase the wages of homemakers and chore housekeepers. Provides that vendors receiving this increase must submit proof to the Department, either (i) by a an audited supplemental to the Direct Service Workers cost report or (ii) by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, that they have increased homemakers' and chore housekeepers' wages by $0.86 per hour. Effective on July 1, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a charge of failing to secure a child under 8 years of age in a child restraint system that, at the time of the alleged offense, (i) more than one child was secured in a child restraint system, (ii) no additional child restraint system was available as a result of space limitations in the vehicle, and (iii) each child under the age of 8 not secured in a child restraint system was wearing a combination lap and shoulder belt or, if no combination lap and shoulder belt was available for that child, a lap belt.
