Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Creates the Boards and Commissions Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Steel Products Procurement Act. Changes the short title to the "Domestic Products Procurement Act" and expands the scope of the Act to apply to all purchases or leases of commodities or manufactured goods by the State of Illinois from 2005 until 2010. Provides that, with specified exceptions, the State of Illinois shall purchase or lease only materials, commodities, or goods that are manufactured or supplied by companies whose products consist of a specified minimum level of U.S. or Canadian content. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires all goods purchased under the Code to be Illinois-made goods unless the cost of Illinois-made goods exceeds the cost of other goods by 10% or more. Requires all goods purchased under the Code to be U.S.-made goods unless the cost of the U.S.-made goods exceeds the cost of other goods by 10% or more.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the clerk of the court may retain attorneys and private collection agencies for the purpose of collecting any default in payment of any fine or installment of that fine. Provides that the fees and costs incurred by the clerk of the court in any such collection and the fees and charges of attorneys and private collection agents retained by the clerk for those purposes shall be charged to the offender.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Chicago firefighters.
Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2005 budget recommendations.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that every provider of long-term care services under the Code shall return to the vendor pharmacy from which the drug product was purchased, for repackaging and reimbursement to the Department of Public Aid, every drug product that (i) was dispensed to a resident of the provider's long-term care facility and not used and (ii) meets certain other criteria. Provides for a civil penalty of $30,000 for each incident of a provider's noncompliance. Provides for collection of a penalty by means of a civil action brought by the Attorney General or by means of an offset against amounts due to the provider from the Department. Provides for the deposit of penalty moneys into the General Revenue Fund and credited to the Medicaid account. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987, the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act, the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort Claims Act to provide that persons engaged in repackaging or labeling prescription drugs to the extent required under the Illinois Public Aid Code provisions are exempt from provisions added by the bill of those other Acts that might prohibit or otherwise regulate such activity.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding maintenance.
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the Self-Insurers Advisory Board.
