(305 ILCS 5/12-4.34)
Sec. 12-4.34.
Services to noncitizens.
(a) Subject to specific appropriation for this purpose and notwithstanding
Sections 1-11 and 3-1 of this Code, the Department of Human Services is
authorized to provide services to legal immigrants, including but not limited
to naturalization and nutrition services and financial assistance. The nature
of these services, payment levels, and eligibility conditions shall be
determined by rule.
(b) The Illinois Department is authorized to lower the payment levels
established under this subsection or take such other actions during the
fiscal year as are necessary to ensure that payments under this subsection
do not exceed the amounts appropriated for this purpose. These changes
may be accomplished by emergency rule under Section 5-45 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, except that the limitation on the number of
emergency rules that may be adopted in a 24-month period shall not apply.
(Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-712, eff. 7-1-00; 92-10, eff.
6-11-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)
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