Full Text of HB0842 95th General Assembly
HB0842eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| Samaritan Computer Program Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "Department" means the | 7 |
| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
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| Section 10. Good Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund. The | 9 |
| Good Samaritan Computer Program
Trust Fund is created as a | 10 |
| special fund in the State treasury. The Department
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| administer the Fund. The Department shall deposit moneys | 12 |
| received from
the following sources into the Fund:
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| (1) Voluntary donations from individuals, foundations, | 14 |
| corporations, and
other sources.
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| (2) Proceeds from fundraising events held for the | 16 |
| purpose of generating
moneys for the Fund. | 17 |
| Section 15. Solicitation of contributions to Fund. The | 18 |
| Department may take appropriate measures to solicit voluntary | 19 |
| contributions to the Fund from individuals, foundations, | 20 |
| corporations, and other sources. |
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| Section 20. Administration of Fund. The Department shall | 2 |
| administer the Good Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund. | 3 |
| Donations received for the Fund shall be made available for the | 4 |
| purpose of assisting low-income individuals and families in | 5 |
| purchasing computers, except
that the
Department may use up to | 6 |
| 10% of the moneys donated for the Fund for the
Department's | 7 |
| expenses incurred in administering the Fund. | 8 |
| Section 25. Distribution of moneys from Fund. Subject to | 9 |
| appropriations, the Department may
spend
moneys from the Good | 10 |
| Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund for the purpose of | 11 |
| providing
assistance authorized under Section 20.
The | 12 |
| Department shall ensure that moneys donated for
the Fund (other | 13 |
| than
moneys used
for administrative expenses as authorized in | 14 |
| Section 20) are distributed to
low-income
individuals and | 15 |
| families who reside in the county from which those moneys were | 16 |
| received. | 17 |
| Section 30. Annual report. On or before May 31 of each | 18 |
| year, beginning in
2009, the Department shall provide an annual | 19 |
| report to the General Assembly on
the use and effectiveness of | 20 |
| the Good Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund. The report
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| shall include the amount of money deposited into the Fund, the | 22 |
| amount of money
allocated from the Fund for the direct benefit | 23 |
| of low-income individuals and families, the
number of | 24 |
| low-income households served by the Fund, by county, and
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| recommendations for improving the operation and effectiveness | 2 |
| of the Fund. | 3 |
| Section 85. No rulemaking authority. Notwithstanding any | 4 |
| other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor | 5 |
| nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the | 6 |
| Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to | 7 |
| implement or enforce the provisions of this Act. If, however, | 8 |
| the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or | 9 |
| enforce the provisions of this Act, the Governor may suggest | 10 |
| rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of | 11 |
| the House and Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that | 12 |
| the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact | 13 |
| those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate | 14 |
| action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained | 15 |
| in this Act shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority | 16 |
| under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not | 17 |
| otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this Act, | 18 |
| "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the | 19 |
| Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and | 20 |
| "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 | 21 |
| and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the | 22 |
| extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads | 23 |
| under the jurisdiction of the Governor. | 24 |
| Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 25 |
| Section 5.675 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 5.675. The Good Samaritan Computer Program Trust Fund.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 4 |
| 1, 2009.
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