House Sponsors: DANIELS-MADIGAN,MJ-MOORE,ANDREA-MCGUIRE-COULSON, ACEVEDO, BEAUBIEN, BELLOCK, BIGGINS, BLACK, BOLAND, BOST, BRADLEY, BROSNAHAN, BRUNSVOLD, BUGIELSKI, BURKE, CAPPARELLI, CROSS, CROTTY, CURRIE, CURRY,JULIE, DART, DAVIS,STEVE, DELGADO, DURKIN, ERWIN, FEIGENHOLTZ, FLOWERS, FRANKS, FRITCHEY, GARRETT, GASH, GIGLIO, GILES, GRANBERG, HANNIG, HARRIS, HARTKE, HASSERT, HOEFT, HOFFMAN, HOLBROOK, HULTGREN, JOHNSON,TIM, JOHNSON,TOM, JONES,JOHN, JONES,SHIRLEY, KENNER, KLINGLER, KOSEL, KRAUSE, LANG, LEITCH, LINDNER, LOPEZ, LYONS,EILEEN, LYONS,JOSEPH, MATHIAS, MCAULIFFE, MCCARTHY, MCKEON, MEYER, MITCHELL,BILL, MOFFITT, MORROW, MULLIGAN, MURPHY, MYERS,RICHARD, NOVAK, O'CONNOR, OSMOND, OSTERMAN, PANKAU, PARKE, PERSICO, POE, PUGH, RIGHTER, RUTHERFORD, RYDER, SAVIANO, SCHMITZ, SCHOENBERG, SCULLY, SHARP, SILVA, SKINNER, SLONE, SMITH,MICHAEL, STEPHENS, STROGER, TENHOUSE, TURNER,ART, TURNER,JOHN, WAIT, WINTERS, WIRSING, WOJCIK, WOOLARD, YOUNGE AND ZICKUS. Senate Sponsors: RADOGNO-O'MALLEY-SYVERSON-NOLAND-PETKA Short description: PROP TAXES-CIRCUIT BRKR-DRUGS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "year". SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes reference to: 35 ILCS 200/1-155 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 200/20-15 305 ILCS 5/5-2 from Ch. 23, par. 5-2 320 ILCS 25/3.15 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15 320 ILCS 25/3.16 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.16 320 ILCS 25/4 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404 320 ILCS 25/5 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405 30 ILCS 805/8.24 new Deletes everything. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the statement accompanying a property tax bill shall include information concerning the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Expands eligibility under the Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled program. Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Increases the number of diseases covered under the Act. Increases the income eligibility threshold for the 2000 grant year and thereafter to $21,218 for a household containing one person, $28,480 for a household containing 2 persons, and $35,740 for a household containing 3 or more persons. Changes the costs for a prescription card to $5 for person below the official poverty line (now, $40) and no additional costs per prescription (now, $15) and to $25 (now, $80) for all other persons and a $3 additional cost per prescription (now, $25). Makes allowance for the issuance of prescriptions for non-generic drugs in certain cases. Provides that eligibility for pharmaceutical assistance shall be determined using current income. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementa- tion without reimbursement by the State. Provides that the changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code take effect on July 1, 2000 and the changes to the Property Tax Code, the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, and the State Mandates Act take effect on January 1, 2001. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0699 Last action date: 00-05-08 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status