100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4758
 
Introduced , by Rep. Terri Bryant
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
305 ILCS 5/4-8a new

     Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no person shall knowingly use or accept cash assistance benefits provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program for the purchase or sale of certain services or products, including alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, firearms or firearms ammunition, admission to any performance, gambling games, and rental goods.
  


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
5adding Section 4-8a as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/4-8a new)
7    Sec. 4-8a. Prohibited services or products for purchase 
8using cash assistance benefits. No person shall knowingly use 
9or accept cash assistance benefits provided under this Article 
10for the purchase or sale of any of the following services or 
11products:
12        (1) Alcoholic beverages. 
13        (2) Lottery tickets. 
14        (3) Tobacco products. As used in this Section, "tobacco 
15    products" means cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, or 
16    tobacco in any of its forms. 
17        (4) Any visual material intended to create or simulate 
18    sexual conduct or sexual excitement. As used in this 
19    Section, the terms "sexual conduct" and "sexual 
20    excitement" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in 
21    Section 11-21 of the Criminal Code of 2012. 
22        (5) Firearms or firearms ammunition. As used in this 
23    Section, the terms "firearm"  and "firearm ammunition" have 
 
 
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1    the meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 31A-0.1 of 
2    the Criminal Code of 2012. 
3        (6) Admission to any performance. 
4        (7) Cosmetics. 
5        (8) Professional services, excluding medical care. 
6        (9) Travel services. 
7        (10) Other services, excluding childcare services or 
8    memberships provided by health clubs. 
9        (11) Tattoos or other body art or piercings.
10        (12) Jewelry.
11        (13) Rental of goods. 
12        (14) The payment of taxes, fees, or penalties, 
13    including restitution or bail ordered by a court. 
14        (15) Gambling games. As used in this Section, the term 
15    "gambling games" has the meaning ascribed to that term in 
16    the Riverboat Gambling Act.