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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Good |
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| Samaritan Computer Program Act.
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| Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "Department" means the |
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| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
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| Section 10. Good Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund. The |
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| Good Samaritan Computer Program
Trust Fund is created as a |
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| special fund in the State treasury. The Department
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| administer the Fund. The Department shall deposit moneys |
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| received from
the following sources into the Fund:
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| (1) Voluntary donations from individuals, foundations, |
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| corporations, and
other sources.
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| (2) Proceeds from fundraising events held for the |
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| purpose of generating
moneys for the Fund.
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| Section 15. Solicitation of contributions to Fund. The |
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| Department may take appropriate measures to solicit voluntary |
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| contributions to the Fund from individuals, foundations, |
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| corporations, and other sources.
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| Section 20. Administration of Fund. The Department shall |
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| administer the Good Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund. |
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| Donations received for the Fund shall be made available for the |
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| purpose of assisting low-income individuals and families in |
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| purchasing computers, except
that the
Department may use up to |
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| 10% of the moneys donated for the Fund for the
Department's |
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| expenses incurred in administering the Fund.
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| Section 25. Distribution of moneys from Fund. Subject to |
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| appropriations, the Department may
spend
moneys from the Good |
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| Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund for the purpose of |
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| providing
assistance authorized under Section 20.
The |
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| Department shall ensure that moneys donated for
the Fund (other |
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| than
moneys used
for administrative expenses as authorized in |
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| Section 20) are distributed to
low-income
individuals and |
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| families who reside in the county from which those moneys were |
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| received.
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| Section 30. Annual report. On or before May 31 of each |
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| year, beginning in
2009, the Department shall provide an annual |
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| report to the General Assembly on
the use and effectiveness of |
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| the Good Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund. The report
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| shall include the amount of money deposited into the Fund, the |
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| amount of money
allocated from the Fund for the direct benefit |
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| of low-income individuals and families, the
number of |
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| low-income households served by the Fund, by county, and
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| recommendations for improving the operation and effectiveness |
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| of the Fund. |
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| Section 85. No rulemaking authority. Notwithstanding any |
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| other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor |
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| nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the |
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| Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to |
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| implement or enforce the provisions of this Act. If, however, |
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| the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or |
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| enforce the provisions of this Act, the Governor may suggest |
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| rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of |
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| the House and Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that |
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| the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact |
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| those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate |
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| action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained |
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| in this Act shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority |
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| under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not |
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| otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this Act, |
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| "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the |
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| Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and |
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| "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 |
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| and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the |
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| extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads |
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| under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
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| Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 5.675 as follows:
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