Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Creates the Tobacco Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the State Property Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Makes appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Makes a reappropriation from the Capital Development Fund to the Board for the purchase of equipment and remodeling of buildings. Effective July 1, 2005.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Human Rights Commission.

Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school construction bonds.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a public nuisance to operate a business that sells or delivers firearms without taking reasonable precautions to ensure that the firearms are not to be used or possessed illegally by the purchaser or transferee, or acquired by an individual without complying with procedures required by law for the sale or transfer of firearms. Provides that the precautions shall include, but are not limited to, the refusal to sell a firearm to a person: (i) the seller or deliverer knows or has reason to know is purchasing the firearm on behalf of another person who could not legally purchase the firearm, (ii) that has provided a home address in a municipality or county in which possession of that type of firearm is illegal, and (iii) the seller or deliverer otherwise knows or has reason to know will use the firearm illegally.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to Northeastern Illinois University for its FY07 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2006.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the holder of a wine-maker's premises license may sell or offer for sale at retail in the wine-maker's licensed premises (now, in the premises specified in the license) the wine-maker's wine. Requires sales at retail to be in person. Defines "in person". Provides that, after the first retail sale in person, the licensee may sell and ship not more than 2 cases per year of the licensee's wine to that purchaser if certain requirements are met. Provides penalties for the violation of those requirements. Creates a wine-maker's tasting room license that permits a licensee concurrently holding a wine-maker's license to sell and offer for sale at retail the licensee's wine at up to 2 locations and requires the sales to be in person. Creates a non-resident wine-maker's license that permits a manufacturer of up to 100,000 gallons of wine per year that is licensed in another state to store and sell the wine in Illinois. Provides that a non-resident wine-maker licensee may sell and ship its wine at retail to residents of Illinois in the same manner as a wine maker's premises licensee. Requires non-resident wine-maker licensees to pay the same State liquor gallonage tax and State retail sales tax as a wine-maker's premises licensee. Sets license fees for wine-maker's tasting room licenses and non-resident wine-maker's licenses. Provides that a limited wine manufacturer licensee may sell wine at retail at the limited wine manufacturer's licensed premises (now, at its manufacturing site) and requires sales to be in person, except that after the first retail purchase in person the limited wine manufacturer may sell and ship wine to that purchaser without an in person purchase. Requires wine-maker premises licensees, non-resident wine-maker licensees, and limited wine manufacturer licensees to secure liquor liability insurance. Repeals a provision allowing interstate reciprocal wine shipments and deletes references to that provision. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the Department of Human Rights.

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning thoroughbred horses.