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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 12-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-8)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12-8. Public Assistance Emergency Revolving Fund - |
| 8 | | Uses. The
Public Assistance Emergency Revolving Fund, |
| 9 | | established by Act approved
July 8, 1955 shall be held by the |
| 10 | | Illinois Department and shall be used
for the following |
| 11 | | purposes:
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| 12 | | 1. To provide immediate financial aid to applicants in |
| 13 | | acute need
who have been determined eligible for aid under |
| 14 | | Articles III, IV, or V.
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| 15 | | 2. To provide emergency aid to recipients under said |
| 16 | | Articles who
have failed to receive their grants because of |
| 17 | | mail box or other thefts,
or who are victims of a burnout, |
| 18 | | eviction, or other circumstances
causing privation, in |
| 19 | | which cases the delays incident to the issuance of
grants |
| 20 | | from appropriations would cause hardship and suffering.
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| 21 | | 3. To provide emergency aid for transportation, meals |
| 22 | | and lodging to
applicants who are referred to cities other |
| 23 | | than where they reside for
physical examinations to |
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| 1 | | establish blindness or disability, or to
determine the |
| 2 | | incapacity of the parent of a dependent child.
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| 3 | | 4. To provide emergency transportation expense |
| 4 | | allowances to
recipients engaged in vocational training |
| 5 | | and rehabilitation projects.
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| 6 | | 5. To assist public aid applicants in obtaining copies |
| 7 | | of birth
certificates, death certificates, marriage |
| 8 | | licenses or other similar legal
documents which may |
| 9 | | facilitate the verification of eligibility for public
aid |
| 10 | | under this Code.
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| 11 | | 6. To provide immediate payments to current or former |
| 12 | | recipients of
child support enforcement services, or |
| 13 | | refunds to responsible
relatives, for child support
made to |
| 14 | | the Illinois Department under Title IV-D of the Social |
| 15 | | Security Act
when such recipients of services or |
| 16 | | responsible relatives are legally
entitled to all or part |
| 17 | | of such child support payments under applicable
State or |
| 18 | | federal law.
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| 19 | | 7. To provide payments to individuals or providers of |
| 20 | | transportation to
and from medical care for the benefit of |
| 21 | | recipients under Articles III, IV,
V, and VI.
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| 22 | | 8. To provide immediate payment of fees, as follows: |
| 23 | | (A) To sheriffs and other public officials |
| 24 | | authorized by law to serve process in judicial and
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| 25 | | administrative child support actions in the State of |
| 26 | | Illinois and other states. |
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| 1 | | (B) To county clerks, recorders of deeds, and other |
| 2 | | public officials and keepers of real property records |
| 3 | | in
order to perfect and release real property liens. |
| 4 | | (C) To State and local officials in connection with |
| 5 | | the processing of Qualified Illinois Domestic
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| 6 | | Relations Orders. |
| 7 | | Disbursements from the Public Assistance Emergency |
| 8 | | Revolving Fund
shall be made by the Illinois Department.
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| 9 | | Expenditures from the Public Assistance Emergency |
| 10 | | Revolving Fund
shall be for purposes which are properly |
| 11 | | chargeable to appropriations
made to the Illinois Department, |
| 12 | | or, in the case of payments under subparagraphs 6 and 8 |
| 13 | | subparagraph
6, to the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund or |
| 14 | | the Child Support Administrative Fund, except that no |
| 15 | | expenditure, other than payment of the fees provided for under |
| 16 | | subparagraph 8 of this Section,
shall be made for purposes |
| 17 | | which are properly chargeable to appropriations
for the |
| 18 | | following objects: personal services; extra help; state |
| 19 | | contributions
to retirement system; state contributions to |
| 20 | | Social Security; state
contributions for employee group |
| 21 | | insurance; contractual services; travel;
commodities; |
| 22 | | printing; equipment; electronic data processing; operation of
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| 23 | | auto equipment; telecommunications services; library books; |
| 24 | | and refunds.
The Illinois Department shall reimburse the Public |
| 25 | | Assistance Emergency
Revolving Fund by warrants drawn by the |
| 26 | | State Comptroller on the
appropriation or appropriations which |
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| 1 | | are so chargeable, or, in the case of
payments under |
| 2 | | subparagraphs 6 and 8 subparagraph 6, by warrants drawn on the |
| 3 | | Child Support
Enforcement Trust Fund or the Child Support |
| 4 | | Administrative Fund, payable to the Revolving Fund.
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| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02; 93-632, |
| 6 | | eff. 2-1-04.)
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| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 8 | | becoming law.
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