Amends the School Code. Provides that 11% (instead of 8%) of the Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes a prior conviction under the laws of another jurisdiction that is similar to a violation under the laws of this State for which the defendant is guilty of a Class 4 felony for domestic battery.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Public Health.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a minor subject to a delinquency petition filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony is ineligible for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Provides that the ineligibility continues through adulthood.
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. In the case of a housing authority in a municipality over 1,000,000, provides that 2 of the additional commissioners shall be appointed from a list presented by tenants' associations for initial terms of 5 years. Provides that the third additional commissioner shall be appointed from the officers of the tenants' associations, for a term to commence no later than 90 days after the associations' elections of officers and to terminate upon the appointment of a new commissioner.
Amends the School Code. Provides that in order to be eligible for election to a school board (or in Chicago to be eligible for appointment), a person must not be a child sex offender.
Amends the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985 and the Savings Bank Act. Makes provisions for the disclosure of information by the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate in connection with examinations of savings banks and savings and loan associations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish a pilot program to place hard-to-employ persons, including persons who have been released from a county jail or a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, in jobs. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish a pilot program in 2 locations in the State (one of which must be in the Lawndale community of Chicago) to place persons discharged from a Department facility on parole or mandatory supervised release in jobs or otherwise establish a connection between such persons and the workforce. Authorizes the 2 departments to consult with each other. Effective immediately.
Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the Department of Human Services.
Creates the State Agency Web Site Act. Provides that State agency Web sites may not use permanent cookies or any other invasive tracking programs that monitor and track Web site viewing habits; however, a State agency Web site may use transactional cookies that facilitate business transactions. Creates the Internet Privacy Task Force and specifies its membership. Provides that the Task Force shall explore the technical and procedural changes that are needed in the State's computing environment to ensure that visits to State Web sites remain private, identify the threats to privacy from browsers, search engines, Web servers, Internet service providers, and State agencies and make recommendations as needed, and, if needed, devise procedures for creating or installing computer programs on State host computers that will disable cookies and other invasive programs. Provides that the Task Force shall submit reports to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 of each year.
