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90_HB2103
305 ILCS 5/1-1 from Ch. 23, par. 1-1
Amends the Public Aid Code to make stylistic changes in a
Section concerning the purpose of the Code.
LRB9003606DJcd
LRB9003606DJcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 1-1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 changing Section 1-1 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/1-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 1-1)
8 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
9 Sec. 1-1. Public purpose; Aims in providing financial aid
10 and services.
11 The purpose of this Code is to assist in the alleviation
12 and prevention of poverty and thereby to protect and promote
13 the health and welfare of all the people of this State.
14 To accomplish this purpose, this Code authorizes
15 financial aid and social welfare services for persons in need
16 of that aid and those services thereof by reason of
17 unemployment, illness, or other cause depriving them of the
18 means of a livelihood compatible with health and wellbeing,
19 and provides for the development, use, and coordination of
20 all resources in this State, governmental and private.
21 The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall establish
22 such standards of financial aid and services that as will
23 encourage and assist applicants and recipients to maintain a
24 livelihood compatible with health and well being and to
25 develop their self-reliance and realize their capacities for
26 self-care, self-support, and responsible citizenship.
27 The maintenance and strengthening of the family unit
28 shall be a principal consideration in the administration of
29 this Code. All public aid policies shall be formulated and
30 administered to achieve this end.
31 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)
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1 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
2 Sec. 1-1. Public purpose; Aims in providing financial aid
3 and services.
4 The purpose of this Code is to assist in the alleviation
5 and prevention of poverty and thereby to protect and promote
6 the health and welfare of all the people of this State.
7 To accomplish this purpose, this Code authorizes
8 financial aid and social welfare services for persons in need
9 of that aid and those services thereof by reason of
10 unemployment, illness, or other cause depriving them of the
11 means of a livelihood compatible with health and well-being,
12 and provides for the development, use, and coordination of
13 all resources in this State, governmental and private.
14 The Illinois Department shall establish such standards of
15 financial aid and services that as will encourage and assist
16 applicants and recipients to maintain a livelihood compatible
17 with health and well being and to develop their self-reliance
18 and realize their capacities for self-care, self-support, and
19 responsible citizenship.
20 The maintenance and strengthening of the family unit
21 shall be a principal consideration in the administration of
22 this Code. All public aid policies shall be formulated and
23 administered to achieve this end.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
25 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
26 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
27 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
28 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
29 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
30 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
31 any other Public Act.