093_SB1861
LRB093 10994 DRJ 11624 b
1 AN ACT in relation to public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 11-1 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/11-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-1)
7 Sec. 11-1. No discrimination). There shall be no
8 discrimination or denial of financial aid and social services
9 on account of the race, religion, color, national origin,
10 sex, marriage status, or political affiliation of any
11 applicant or recipient.
12 Where financial aid or social services are granted to
13 certain classes of persons under a program for which federal
14 funds are available, nothing in this Section shall require
15 granting of financial aid or social services to other persons
16 where federal funds would not be available as to those other
17 persons.
18 (Source: P.A. 80-354.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.