Bill Text: IL SB0640 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Other Social Services Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in a county under township organization, a township may provide, from moneys received and collected for public aid to all persons eligible for General Assistance under the Code, funds and administer programs for providing in-kind aid in meeting basic maintenance requirements, including, but not limited to, food, paper goods, toiletries, and clothing, to persons who are poor, indigent, homeless, or in need of immediate assistance, in addition to financial aid provided under the Code.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0309 [SB0640 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0640-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Other Social Services Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in a county under township organization, a township may provide, from moneys received and collected for public aid to all persons eligible for General Assistance under the Code, funds and administer programs for providing in-kind aid in meeting basic maintenance requirements, including, but not limited to, food, paper goods, toiletries, and clothing, to persons who are poor, indigent, homeless, or in need of immediate assistance, in addition to financial aid provided under the Code.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0309 [SB0640 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0640-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 9-15 as follows:
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| 6 | (305 ILCS 5/9-15 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 9-15. Township food pantries. In a county under | ||||||
| 8 | township organization, a township may provide, from moneys | ||||||
| 9 | received and collected for public aid to all persons eligible | ||||||
| 10 | therefor under Article VI of this Code, funds and administer | ||||||
| 11 | programs for providing in-kind aid in meeting basic maintenance | ||||||
| 12 | requirements, including, but not limited to, food, paper goods, | ||||||
| 13 | toiletries, and clothing, to persons who are poor, indigent, | ||||||
| 14 | homeless, or in need of immediate assistance, in addition to | ||||||
| 15 | financial aid provided under this Code.
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