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Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Filed: 3/11/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 641
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 641 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/1-10)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1-10. Drug convictions.
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| 8 | | (a) Persons convicted of an offense under the Illinois |
| 9 | | Controlled Substances
Act, the Cannabis Control Act, or the |
| 10 | | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act which is a |
| 11 | | Class X felony, or a Class 1 felony,
or comparable federal |
| 12 | | criminal law which has as an element the
possession, use, or |
| 13 | | distribution of a controlled substance, as defined in
Section |
| 14 | | 102(6) of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. |
| 15 | | 802(c)),
shall not be eligible for cash assistance provided |
| 16 | | under this Code.
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| 1 | | (b) Persons convicted of
any other felony under the |
| 2 | | Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis
Control Act, |
| 3 | | or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act |
| 4 | | which is not a Class X or Class 1 felony, or comparable
federal |
| 5 | | criminal law which has as an element the possession, use, or
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| 6 | | distribution of a
controlled substance, as defined in Section |
| 7 | | 102(6) of the federal Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. |
| 8 | | 802(c)), shall not be eligible for cash assistance
provided |
| 9 | | under this Code for 2 years from the date of conviction. This
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| 10 | | prohibition shall not apply if the person is satisfactorily |
| 11 | | serving a sentence of a period of probation or is in the |
| 12 | | process of completing or has completed mandatory participation |
| 13 | | in a drug treatment program, or if the person has taken action |
| 14 | | towards rehabilitation, such as, but not limited to, |
| 15 | | participation in a drug treatment program,
aftercare program, |
| 16 | | or similar program as defined by rule.
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| 17 | | (c) Persons shall not be determined ineligible for food |
| 18 | | stamps provided
under this Code based upon a conviction of any |
| 19 | | felony or comparable federal or
State criminal law which has an |
| 20 | | element the possession, use or distribution of
a controlled |
| 21 | | substance, as defined in Section 102(6) of the federal |
| 22 | | Controlled
Substance
Act (21 U.S.C. 802(c)).
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)".
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