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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2607 Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning sanctions against TANF recipients.
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| | SB2607 | | LRB097 16145 KTG 61298 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 4-21 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/4-21)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4-21. Sanctions.
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| 8 | | (a) The
The Illinois Department shall, by rule, establish a |
| 9 | | system of sanctions
for persons who fail to cooperate, without |
| 10 | | good cause, with employment and
training programs or other |
| 11 | | programs under this Article or Article IXA or who
fail to |
| 12 | | cooperate
with child support programs under this Article, |
| 13 | | Article X, or Title IV of the
federal Social Security Act. The |
| 14 | | sanctions may discontinue all or part of the
cash grant |
| 15 | | provided under this Article. The sanctions may be time limited |
| 16 | | or
continue until the person cooperates in the program. The |
| 17 | | sanctions may be
progressive in that a second, third, or |
| 18 | | further sanction may be progressively
more severe or last |
| 19 | | longer. |
| 20 | | (b) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, define what |
| 21 | | constitutes failure
to cooperate and what constitutes good |
| 22 | | cause which would excuse that failure.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
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