Bill Text: IL HB3187 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1. Makes changes concerning the repeal of the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund. Adds conforming changes concerning the repeal of the Illinois Emergency Employment Development Act. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)

Status: (Passed) 2025-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0283 [HB3187 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3187-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by changing Sections 605-625 and 605-940 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-625) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.25)
Sec. 605-625. Promotion of water ports and airport
facilities. In cooperation with the Department of Agriculture
and the International Trade and Port Promotion Advisory
Committee, to (i) establish a freight rate information service
for U.S. and foreign shippers; (ii) promote the advantages of
Illinois water ports and existing airport facilities through
appropriate means and media in this country and overseas; and
(ii) (iii) cooperate with the export expansion projects and
any other activity that results in the additional flow of
agricultural and manufactured products through the Illinois
water ports and existing airport facilities.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
(20 ILCS 605/605-940) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.37)
Sec. 605-940. Clearing house for local government

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problems; aid with financial and administrative matters. The
Department shall provide for a central clearing house for
information concerning local government problems and various
solutions to those problems and shall assist and aid local
governments of the State in matters relating to budgets,
fiscal procedures, and administration. In performing this
responsibility the Department shall have the power and duty to
do the following:
(1) Maintain communication with all local governments
and assist them, at their request, to improve their
administrative procedures and to facilitate improved local
government and development.
(2) Assemble and disseminate information concerning
State and federal programs, grants, gifts, and subsidies
available to local governments and to provide counsel and
technical services and other assistance in applying for
those programs, grants, gifts, and subsidies.
(3) Assist in coordinating activities by obtaining
information, on forms provided by the Department or by
receipt of proposals and applications, concerning State
and federal assisted programs, grants, gifts, and
subsidies applied for and received by all local
governments.
(4) Provide direct consultative services to local
governments upon request and provide staff services to
special commissions, the Governor, or the General Assembly

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or its committees.
(5) Render advice and assistance with respect to the
establishment and maintenance of programs for the training
of local government officials and other personnel.
(6) Act as the official State agency for the receipt
and distribution of federal funds that are or may be
provided to the State on a flat grant basis for
distribution to local governments or in the event federal
law requires a State agency to implement programs
affecting local governments and for State funds that are
or may be provided for the use of local governments unless
otherwise provided by law.
(7) Administer laws relating to local government
affairs as the General Assembly may direct.
(8) Provide all advice and assistance to improve local
government administration, ensure the economical and
efficient provision of local government services, and make
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois effective.
(9) Give advice and counsel on fiscal problems of
local governments of the State to those local governments.
(10) (Blank). Prepare uniform budgetary forms for use
by the local governments of the State.
(11) (Blank). Assist and advise the local governments
of the State in matters pertaining to budgets,
appropriation requests and ordinances, the determination
of property tax levies and rates, and other matters of a

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financial nature.
(12) (Blank). Be a repository for financial reports
and statements required by law of local governments of the
State, and publish financial summaries of those reports
and statements.
(13) (Blank).
(14) (Blank). Prepare proposals and advise on the
investment of idle local government funds.
(15) (Blank). Administer the program of grants, loans,
and loan guarantees under the federal Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. 3121 and
following, and receive and disburse State and federal
funds provided for that program and moneys received as
repayments of loans made under the program.
(16) (Blank). After January 1, 1985, upon the request
of local governments, prepare and provide model financial
statement forms designed to communicate to taxpayers,
service consumers, voters, government employees, and news
media, in a non-technical manner, all significant
financial information regarding a particular local
government, and to prepare and provide to local
governments a summary of local governments' obligations
concerning the adoption of an annual operating budget. The
summary shall be set forth in a non-technical manner and
shall be designed principally for distribution to, and the
use of, taxpayers, service consumers, voters, government

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employees, and news media.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-583, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
eff. 6-28-01.)
(20 ILCS 630/Act rep.)
Section 10. The Illinois Emergency Employment Development
Act is repealed.
Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 5.605 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.605)
Sec. 5.605. The Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund. This
Section is repealed on January 1, 2026.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
Section 20. The Eliminate the Digital Divide Law is
amended by changing Sections 5-5, 5-30, and 5-45 and by adding
Section 5-30.1 as follows:
(30 ILCS 780/5-5)
Sec. 5-5. Definitions; descriptions. As used in this
Article:
"Community-based organization" means a private
not-for-profit organization that is located in an Illinois
community and that provides services to citizens within that

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community and the surrounding area.
"Covered population" means individuals who live in covered
households, including aging individuals, veterans, individuals
with disabilities, individuals with a language barrier
(including those who are English learners and have low levels
of literacy), members of racial or ethnic minority groups, and
individuals who primarily reside in a rural area. "Covered
population" also includes incarcerated individuals (other than
those incarcerated in a federal correctional facility),
including all justice-impacted and system-impacted
individuals.
"Digital navigator program" means a program in which
designated volunteers or staff of an organization offer
technical assistance to support broadband adoption, digital
skill building, and the use of devices.
"Senior citizen home" means an Illinois-based residential
facility for people who are over the age of 65. The term
"senior citizen home" includes, but is not limited to,
convalescent homes, long-term care facilities, assistive
living facilities, and nursing homes.
"Community technology centers" provide computer access and
educational services using information technology. Community
technology centers are diverse in the populations they serve
and programs they offer, but similar in that they provide
technology access to individuals, communities, and populations
that typically would not otherwise have places to use computer

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and telecommunications technologies.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
"National school lunch program" means a program
administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state
agencies that provides free or reduced price lunches to
economically disadvantaged children. A child whose family
income is between 130% and 185% of applicable family size
income levels contained in the nonfarm poverty guidelines
prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget is eligible
for a reduced price lunch. A child whose family income is 130%
or less of applicable family size income levels contained in
the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office
of Management and Budget is eligible for a free lunch.
"Telecommunications services" provided by
telecommunications carriers include all commercially available
telecommunications services in addition to all reasonable
charges that are incurred by taking such services, such as
state and federal taxes.
"Other special services" provided by telecommunications
carriers include Internet access and installation and
maintenance of internal connections in addition to all
reasonable charges that are incurred by taking such services,
such as state and federal taxes.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-740, eff. 1-1-09.)

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(30 ILCS 780/5-30)
Sec. 5-30. Community Technology Center Grant Program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
administer the Community Technology Center Grant Program under
which the Department shall make grants in accordance with this
Article for planning, establishment, administration, and
expansion of Community Technology Centers and for assisting
public hospitals, libraries, and park districts in eliminating
the digital divide. The purposes of the grants shall include,
but not be limited to, volunteer recruitment and management,
training and instruction, infrastructure, and related goods
and services, including case management, administration,
personal information management, and outcome-tracking tools
and software for the purposes of reporting to the Department
and for enabling participation in digital government and
consumer services programs, for Community Technology Centers
and public hospitals, libraries, and park districts. No
Community Technology Center may receive a grant of more than
$75,000 under this Section in a particular fiscal year.
(b) Public hospitals, libraries, park districts, and State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions
of higher education, senior citizen homes, and other public
and private nonprofit or for-profit agencies and organizations
are eligible to receive grants under this Program, provided
that a local educational agency or public or private
educational agency or organization must, in order to be

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eligible to receive grants under this Program, provide
computer access and educational services using information
technology to the public at one or more of its educational
buildings or facilities at least 12 hours each week. A group of
eligible entities is also eligible to receive a grant if the
group follows the procedures for group applications in 34 CFR
75.127-129 of the Education Department General Administrative
Regulations.
To be eligible to apply for a grant, a Community
Technology Center must serve a covered population or a
community in which not less than 40% of the students are
eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the national
school lunch program or in which not less than 30% of the
students are eligible for a free lunch under the national
school lunch program; however, if funding is insufficient to
approve all grant applications for a particular fiscal year,
the Department may impose a higher minimum percentage
threshold for that fiscal year. Determinations of communities
and determinations of the percentage of students in a
community who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch
under the national school lunch program shall be in accordance
with rules adopted by the Department.
Any entities that have received a Community Technology
Center grant under the federal Community Technology Centers
Program are also eligible to apply for grants under this
Program.

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The Department shall provide assistance to Community
Technology Centers in making those determinations for purposes
of applying for grants.
The Department shall encourage Community Technology
Centers to participate in public and private computer hardware
equipment recycling initiatives that provide computers at
reduced or no cost to low-income families, including programs
authorized by the State Property Control Act. On an annual
basis, the Department must provide the Director of Central
Management Services with a list of Community Technology
Centers that have applied to the Department for funding as
potential recipients of surplus State-owned computer hardware
equipment under programs authorized by the State Property
Control Act.
(c) Grant applications shall be submitted to the
Department on a schedule of one or more deadlines established
by the Department by rule.
(d) The Department shall adopt rules setting forth the
required form and contents of grant applications.
(e) (Blank).
(f) (Blank).
(g) Duties of the Digital Divide Elimination Working Group
include all of the following:
(1) Undertaking a thorough review of grant programs
available through the federal government, local agencies,
telecommunications providers, and business and charitable

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entities for the purpose of identifying appropriate
sources of revenues for the Digital Divide Elimination
Fund and attempting to update available grants on a
regular basis.
(2) Researching and cataloging programs designed to
advance digital literacy and computer access that are
available through the federal government, local agencies,
telecommunications providers, and business and charitable
entities and attempting to update available programs on a
regular basis.
(3) Presenting the information compiled from items (1)
and (2) to the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, which shall serve as a single point of
contact for applying for funding for the Digital Divide
Elimination Fund and for distributing information to the
public regarding all programs designed to advance digital
literacy and computer access.
(Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)
(30 ILCS 780/5-30.1 new)
Sec. 5-30.1. Digital Divide Elimination Fund. Funds made
available through the Digital Divide Elimination Fund shall
also be used to make grants that further the State's digital
equity vision in which:
(1) all Illinoisans are empowered to use and
participate fully in an increasingly digital economy and

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society through universal access to high-speed broadband
that is affordable, reliable, and fully scalable;
(2) new and existing resources are used to implement
targeted digital inclusion strategies and sustainable
broadband equity outcomes; and
(3) all Illinoisans are empowered to use and
participate fully in an increasingly digital economy and
society.
Examples of digital inclusion strategies include, but are
not limited to, establishing digital navigator programs,
programs that provide digital literacy and digital skills
training, computer refurbishment programs, and device
distribution programs.
Grants under this Section shall be distributed to public
hospitals, libraries, park districts, State agencies, local
agencies, institutions of higher education, senior citizens
homes, and other public and private nonprofit agencies and
organizations that serve one or more of the covered
populations.
Grant applications under this Section shall be submitted
to the Department.
The Department may adopt rules concerning grant
applications under this Section.
(30 ILCS 780/5-45)
Sec. 5-45. Statewide Community Technology Center Network.

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(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall expend
not more than $100,000 in fiscal year 2001 to establish and
administer a Statewide Community Technology Center Network to
assist in local and regional planning under this Article.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department may expend
not more than $100,000 in fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year
thereafter to establish and administer a Statewide Community
Technology Center Network and public facing data source that
serves as a digital hub for mapping, data collection, and
program evaluation to assist in local and regional planning
and revenue development and outreach under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 94-734, eff. 4-28-06.)
Section 25. The Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs
Act is amended by changing Section 50-45 as follows:
(35 ILCS 19/50-45)
Sec. 50-45. Qualified music program evaluation and
reports.
(a) (Blank).
The Department may make a recommendation to extend,
modify, or not extend the program based on the evaluation.
(b) (Blank). At the end of each fiscal quarter, the
Department shall submit to the General Assembly a report that
includes, without limitation:
(1) an assessment of the economic impact of the

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program, including the number of jobs created and
retained, and whether the job positions are entry level,
management, vendor, or production related;
(2) the amount of qualified music company spending
brought to Illinois, including the amount of spending and
type of Illinois vendors hired in connection with a
qualified music company; and
(3) a determination of whether those receiving
qualifying Illinois labor expenditure salaries or wages
reflect the geographic, racial and ethnic, gender, and
income level diversity of the State of Illinois.
(c) At the end of each fiscal year, the Department shall
submit to the General Assembly a report that includes, without
limitation:
(1) the identification of each vendor that provided
goods or services that were included in a qualified music
company's Illinois spending;
(2) a statement of the amount paid to each identified
vendor by the qualified music program and whether the
vendor is a minority-owned or women-owned business as
defined in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act; and
(3) a description of the steps taken by the Department
to encourage qualified music companies to use vendors who
are minority-owned or women-owned businesses.
(Source: P.A. 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; 103-1055, eff. 12-20-24.)

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Section 27. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Sections 4-2 and 6-2 as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-2)
Sec. 4-2. Amount of aid.
(a) The amount and nature of financial aid shall be
determined in accordance with the grant amounts, rules and
regulations of the Illinois Department. Due regard shall be
given to the self-sufficiency requirements of the family and
to the income, money contributions and other support and
resources available, from whatever source. However, the amount
and nature of any financial aid is not affected by the payment
of any grant under the "Senior Citizens and Persons with
Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act" or any distributions or
items of income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph
(2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax
Act. The aid shall be sufficient, when added to all other
income, money contributions and support to provide the family
with a grant in the amount established by Department
regulation.
(a-5) For the purposes of this subsection, TANF grant
amounts shall consist of the following portions:
(1) 75% shall be designated for the child or children
of the assistance unit; and
(2) 25% shall be designated for the adult member or

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members of the assistance unit.
(b) The Illinois Department may conduct special projects,
which may be known as Grant Diversion Projects, under which
recipients of financial aid under this Article are placed in
jobs and their grants are diverted to the employer who in turn
makes payments to the recipients in the form of salary or other
employment benefits. The Illinois Department shall by rule
specify the terms and conditions of such Grant Diversion
Projects. Such projects shall take into consideration and be
coordinated with the programs administered under the Illinois
Emergency Employment Development Act.
(c) The amount and nature of the financial aid for a child
requiring care outside his own home shall be determined in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois
Department, with due regard to the needs and requirements of
the child in the foster home or institution in which he has
been placed.
(d) If the Department establishes grants for family units
consisting exclusively of a pregnant woman with no dependent
child or including her husband if living with her, the grant
amount for such a unit shall be equal to the grant amount for
an assistance unit consisting of one adult, or 2 persons if the
husband is included. Other than as herein described, an unborn
child shall not be counted in determining the size of an
assistance unit or for calculating grants.
Payments for basic maintenance requirements of a child or

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children and the relative with whom the child or children are
living shall be prescribed, by rule, by the Illinois
Department.
Grants under this Article shall not be supplemented by
General Assistance provided under Article VI.
(e) Grants shall be paid to the parent or other person with
whom the child or children are living, except for such amount
as is paid in behalf of the child or his parent or other
relative to other persons or agencies pursuant to this Code or
the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department.
(f) Subject to subsection (f-5), an assistance unit,
receiving financial aid under this Article or temporarily
ineligible to receive aid under this Article under a penalty
imposed by the Illinois Department for failure to comply with
the eligibility requirements or that voluntarily requests
termination of financial assistance under this Article and
becomes subsequently eligible for assistance within 9 months,
shall not receive any increase in the amount of aid solely on
account of the birth of a child; except that an increase is not
prohibited when the birth is (i) of a child of a pregnant woman
who became eligible for aid under this Article during the
pregnancy, or (ii) of a child born within 10 months after the
date of implementation of this subsection, or (iii) of a child
conceived after a family became ineligible for assistance due
to income or marriage and at least 3 months of ineligibility
expired before any reapplication for assistance. This

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subsection does not, however, prevent a unit from receiving a
general increase in the amount of aid that is provided to all
recipients of aid under this Article.
The Illinois Department is authorized to transfer funds,
and shall use any budgetary savings attributable to not
increasing the grants due to the births of additional
children, to supplement existing funding for employment and
training services for recipients of aid under this Article IV.
The Illinois Department shall target, to the extent the
supplemental funding allows, employment and training services
to the families who do not receive a grant increase after the
birth of a child. In addition, the Illinois Department shall
provide, to the extent the supplemental funding allows, such
families with up to 24 months of transitional child care
pursuant to Illinois Department rules. All remaining
supplemental funds shall be used for employment and training
services or transitional child care support.
In making the transfers authorized by this subsection, the
Illinois Department shall first determine, pursuant to
regulations adopted by the Illinois Department for this
purpose, the amount of savings attributable to not increasing
the grants due to the births of additional children. Transfers
may be made from General Revenue Fund appropriations for
distributive purposes authorized by Article IV of this Code
only to General Revenue Fund appropriations for employability
development services including operating and administrative

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costs and related distributive purposes under Article IXA of
this Code. The Director, with the approval of the Governor,
shall certify the amount and affected line item appropriations
to the State Comptroller.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit
the Illinois Department from using funds under this Article IV
to provide assistance in the form of vouchers that may be used
to pay for goods and services deemed by the Illinois
Department, by rule, as suitable for the care of the child such
as diapers, clothing, school supplies, and cribs.
(f-5) Subsection (f) shall not apply to affect the monthly
assistance amount of any family as a result of the birth of a
child on or after January 1, 2004. As resources permit after
January 1, 2004, the Department may cease applying subsection
(f) to limit assistance to families receiving assistance under
this Article on January 1, 2004, with respect to children born
prior to that date. In any event, subsection (f) shall be
completely inoperative on and after July 1, 2007.
(g) (Blank).
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
Illinois Department is authorized to reduce payment levels
used to determine cash grants under this Article after
December 31 of any fiscal year if the Illinois Department
determines that the caseload upon which the appropriations for
the current fiscal year are based have increased by more than
5% and the appropriation is not sufficient to ensure that cash

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benefits under this Article do not exceed the amounts
appropriated for those cash benefits. Reductions in payment
levels may be accomplished by emergency rule under Section
5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, except that
the limitation on the number of emergency rules that may be
adopted in a 24-month period shall not apply and the
provisions of Sections 5-115 and 5-125 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply. Increases in
payment levels shall be accomplished only in accordance with
Section 5-40 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
Before any rule to increase payment levels promulgated under
this Section shall become effective, a joint resolution
approving the rule must be adopted by a roll call vote by a
majority of the members elected to each chamber of the General
Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 101-103, eff. 7-19-19.)
(305 ILCS 5/6-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 6-2)
Sec. 6-2. Amount of aid. The amount and nature of General
Assistance for basic maintenance requirements shall be
determined in accordance with local budget standards for local
governmental units which do not receive State funds. For local
governmental units which do receive State funds, the amount
and nature of General Assistance for basic maintenance
requirements shall be determined in accordance with the
standards, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department.

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However, the amount and nature of any financial aid is not
affected by the payment of any grant under the Senior Citizens
and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, any
rebate authorized under Section 2201(a) of the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) or
under any other federal economic stimulus program created in
response to the COVID-19 emergency, or any distributions or
items of income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph
(2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax
Act. Due regard shall be given to the requirements and the
conditions existing in each case, and to the income, money
contributions and other support and resources available, from
whatever source. In local governmental units which do not
receive State funds, the grant shall be sufficient when added
to all other income, money contributions and support in excess
of any excluded income or resources, to provide the person
with a grant in the amount established for such a person by the
local governmental unit based upon standards meeting basic
maintenance requirements. In local governmental units which do
receive State funds, the grant shall be sufficient when added
to all other income, money contributions and support in excess
of any excluded income or resources, to provide the person
with a grant in the amount established for such a person by
Department regulation based upon standards providing a
livelihood compatible with health and well-being, as directed
by Section 12-4.11 of this Code.

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The Illinois Department may conduct special projects,
which may be known as Grant Diversion Projects, under which
recipients of financial aid under this Article are placed in
jobs and their grants are diverted to the employer who in turn
makes payments to the recipients in the form of salary or other
employment benefits. The Illinois Department shall by rule
specify the terms and conditions of such Grant Diversion
Projects. Such projects shall take into consideration and be
coordinated with the programs administered under the Illinois
Emergency Employment Development Act.
The allowances provided under Article IX for recipients
participating in the training and rehabilitation programs
shall be in addition to such maximum payment.
Payments may also be made to provide persons receiving
basic maintenance support with necessary treatment, care and
supplies required because of illness or disability or with
acute medical treatment, care, and supplies. Payments for
necessary or acute medical care under this paragraph may be
made to or in behalf of the person. Obligations incurred for
such services but not paid for at the time of a recipient's
death may be paid, subject to the rules and regulations of the
Illinois Department, after the death of the recipient.
(Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.)
Section 30. The Good Samaritan Energy Plan Act is amended
by changing Section 30 and by adding Section 95 as follows:

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(305 ILCS 22/30)
Sec. 30. Distribution of moneys from Fund. Subject to
appropriations made by the General Assembly, the Department
may spend moneys from the Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund for
the purpose of providing assistance authorized under Section
25. The Department, with the advice and consent of the Low
Income Energy Assistance Policy Advisory Council, shall
establish priorities for the distribution of moneys from the
Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund to low-income consumers to
enable them to pay gas or electric bill arrearages in order to
have household gas or electric utility service connected.
Low-income consumers who are unable to have their service
connected even with a LIHEAP grant shall be given preference.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on October 1,
2025, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
transfer the remaining balance from the Good Samaritan Energy
Trust Fund into the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance
Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Good Samaritan
Energy Trust Fund is dissolved, any future deposits due to the
Good Samaritan Energy Trust Fund pass to the Supplemental
Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, and any outstanding
obligations or liabilities of the Good Samaritan Energy Trust
Fund pass to the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance
Fund. The Department shall ensure that moneys donated for the

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Fund (other than moneys used for administrative expenses as
authorized in Section 25) are distributed to low-income
consumers who reside in the county from which those moneys
were received.
(Source: P.A. 93-285, eff. 7-22-03.)
(305 ILCS 22/95 new)
Sec. 95. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 2026.
Section 35. The Urban Community Conservation Act is
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
(315 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.11)
Sec. 4. Excepting any municipality for and in which there
exists a Department of Urban Renewal created pursuant to the
provisions of the "Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961",
enacted by the Seventy-Second General Assembly, any
municipality, after 30 days' notice, published in a newspaper
of general circulation within the municipality, and public
hearing, shall have the power to provide for the creation of a
Conservation Board, to operate within the boundaries of such
municipality, pursuant to the provisions of this Act. The
presiding officer of any municipality in which a Conservation
Board is established shall appoint, with the approval of the
governing body and of the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, five residents of the municipality to act as a

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Conservation Board, hereinafter referred to as "the Board."
Members of the Board shall be citizens of broad civic
interest, administrative experience and ability in the fields
of finance, real estate, building, or related endeavors, not
more than three of whom shall belong to the same political
party. One such member shall be designated by the presiding
officer as Commissioner and shall serve at the pleasure of the
presiding officer. He shall administer the functions assigned
by the Board, preside over its meetings, and carry out
whatever other functions may be assigned to him by the
governing body. The Commissioner shall devote his full-time
attention to the duties of his office and shall receive no
public funds by way of salary, compensation, or remuneration
for services rendered, from any other governmental agency or
public body during his tenure in office, other than the salary
provided by the governing body, except as herein otherwise
specifically provided.
Four other members of the Board shall be appointed, to
serve one, two, three and four year terms. After the
expiration of the initial term of office each subsequent term
shall be of four years' duration. A member shall hold office
until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.
Members of the Board shall be eligible to succeed themselves.
Members of the Board other than the Commissioner shall serve
without pay, except as herein otherwise specifically provided
and no member of the Board shall acquire any interest, direct

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or indirect, in any conservation project, or in any property
included or planned to be included in any conservation
project, nor shall any member have any interest in any
contract or proposed contract in connection with any such
project. Members may be dismissed by the Presiding Office of
the Municipality for good cause shown. Such dismissal may be
set aside by a two-thirds vote of the governing body.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the
Commissioner, may, during all or any part of his term also
serve as Chairman or member of a Redevelopment Commission
created pursuant to "The Neighborhood Redevelopment
Corporation Law" approved July 9, 1941, as amended, and shall
be entitled to receive and retain any salary payable to him as
Chairman or member of any such Redevelopment Commission. Three
members of the Conservation Board shall constitute a quorum to
transact business and no vacancy shall impair the right of the
remaining members to exercise all the powers of the Board; and
every act, order, rule, regulation or resolution of the
Conservation Board approved by a majority of the members
thereof at a regular or special meeting shall be deemed to be
the act, order, rule, regulation or resolution of the
Conservation Board.
The Conservation Board shall designate Conservation Areas
and
(a) Approve all conservation plans developed for
Conservation Areas in the manner prescribed herein;

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(b) Approve each use of eminent domain for the acquisition
of real property for the purposes of this Act, provided that
every property owner affected by condemnation proceedings
shall have the opportunity to be heard by the Board before such
proceedings may be approved;
(c) Act as the agent of the Municipality in the
acquisition, management, and disposition of property acquired
pursuant to this Act as hereinafter provided;
(d) Act as agent of the governing body, at the discretion
of the governing body, in the enforcement and the
administration of any ordinances relating to the conservation
of urban residential areas and the prevention of slums enacted
by the governing body pursuant to the laws of this State;
(e) Report annually to the presiding officer of the
municipality;
(f) Shall, as agent for the Municipality upon approval by
the governing body, have power to apply for and accept capital
grants and loans from, and contract with, the United States of
America, the Housing and Home Finance Agency, or any other
Agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, for
or in aid of any of the purposes of this Act, and to secure
such loans by the issuance of debentures, notes, special
certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness, to the
United States of America; and
(g) Exercise any and all other powers as shall be
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act.

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(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.