103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4748

 

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Grant Agreements for Shelter Services Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any grant agreement entered into, renewed, or extended on and after the effective date of this Act, between a State agency and a private or nonprofit organization, shall require, as a condition of the receipt of any grant funds under the agreement, that the private or nonprofit organization certify in writing that any citizen of the United States who is in need of shelter services will be able to access and utilize any shelter services funded in whole or in part with the awarded grant funds, on the same terms and for the same length of time as migrants, refugees, asylees, and other vulnerable noncitizens. Requires the grant agreement to also include a provision permitting the State agency to terminate the grant agreement and recover any grant amounts awarded to the private or nonprofit entity upon a determination by the State agency that the private or nonprofit entity has failed to satisfy the terms of the grant agreement. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Grant
5Agreements for Shelter Services Act.
 
6    Section 5. Grant agreements for shelter services.
7Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
8any grant agreement entered into, renewed, or extended on and
9after the effective date of this Act, between a State agency
10and a private or nonprofit organization, shall require, as a
11condition of the receipt of any grant funds under the
12agreement, that the private or nonprofit organization certify
13in writing that any citizen of the United States who is in need
14of shelter services will be able to access and utilize any
15shelter services funded in whole or in part with the awarded
16grant funds, on the same terms and for the same length of time
17as migrants, refugees, asylees, and other vulnerable
18noncitizens. The agreement must also include a provision
19permitting the State agency to terminate the contract and
20recover any grant amounts awarded to the private or nonprofit
21entity upon a determination by the State agency that the
22private or nonprofit entity has failed to satisfy the terms of
23the agreement.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.