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305 ILCS 5/12-21.14

(305 ILCS 5/12-21.14) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-21.14)

Sec. 12-21.14.

Requirements; review by Illinois
Department; allocations. The County Board of each county or a duly
appointed committee thereof, or any other county agency designated by
the County Board, shall by the last day of each month submit to
the Illinois Department an itemized statement showing, for all local
governmental units therein except a city, village or incorporated town
of more than 500,000 population, assistance
furnished in the county under Article VI of this Code during the previous
month and the expenses for the administration thereof, and the actual
revenues available through taxation by the
local governmental
units. If the Illinois
Department has reason to believe that the amounts submitted by any
county are excessive, it may require appropriate officials of the county
to appear before it and substantiate the amounts to the satisfaction
of the Department.

The Illinois Department shall review these amounts and shall
determine and allocate to the several counties the amounts necessary to
supplement local funds actually available for public aid purposes.  There
shall be a yearly reconciliation of amounts allocated to the local
governmental units by the Illinois Department to supplement local
funds.

If, because of circumstances beyond the local governmental unit's
control, such as a sudden caseload increase or an unexpected increase in
the administrative expenses, a local governmental unit has insufficient
local funds actually available to furnish assistance or pay administrative
expenses, the Illinois Department shall provide a special allocation of
funds to the local governmental unit to meet the need.  In calculating the
need for a special allocation, the Illinois Department shall take into
consideration the amount of funds legally available from the taxes levied
by the local governmental unit for public aid purposes and any available
unobligated balances.

If a local governmental unit has not received State funds for public
aid purposes for at least 84 consecutive months immediately prior to its
request for State funds, the Illinois Department shall not consider as a
legally available resource of the governmental unit public aid funds, or
the proceeds of public aid taxes and tax anticipation warrants which may
have been transferred or expended during such period for other purposes.

Except as hereinafter provided, State allocations shall be paid to
the County Treasurer for disbursement to local governmental units as
certified by the Illinois Department. Until January 1, 1974, moneys
allocated by the Illinois Department for General Assistance purposes in
a city, village or incorporated town of more than 500,000 population and
moneys received from the Treasurer of the municipality from taxes levied
for General Assistance purposes in the municipality and other moneys and
funds designated in Section 11-43-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code shall
be paid into the special fund established by the County Treasurer of the
county in which the municipality is located and retained for
disbursement by the Director of the County Department of Public Aid
serving as Supervisor of General Assistance for the municipality.

On January 1, 1974, or as soon thereafter as is feasible but not
later than January 1, 1975, the County Treasurer shall transfer to the
Special Purposes Trust Fund (now known as the DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund) established by Section 12-10 of this Code
all State and municipal moneys remaining in or due to the special fund
of the County Treasury. After December 31, 1973, but not later than June
30, 1979, State allocations and municipal funds for General Assistance
purposes in such a municipality, and other moneys and funds designated
by Section 11-43-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code, shall be paid into
the Special Purposes Trust Fund (now known as the DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund) and disbursed as provided in Section
12-10. State and municipal moneys paid into the Special Purposes Trust
Fund (now known as the DHS Special Purposes Trust Fund) under the foregoing provision shall be used exclusively for (1)
furnishing General Assistance within the municipality; (2) the payment
of administrative costs; and (3) the payment of warrants issued against
and in anticipation of taxes levied by the municipality for General
Assistance purposes, and the accrued interest thereon. After June 30,
1979, moneys and funds designated by Section 11-43-2 of the Illinois
Municipal Code, shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund as
reimbursement for appropriated funds disbursed.

(Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)