093_SB1861

 
                                     LRB093 10994 DRJ 11624 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 11-1 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/11-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-1)
 7        Sec.   11-1.  No  discrimination).   There  shall  be  no
 8    discrimination or denial of financial aid and social services
 9    on account of the race,  religion,  color,  national  origin,
10    sex,   marriage  status,  or  political  affiliation  of  any
11    applicant or recipient.
12        Where financial aid or social  services  are  granted  to
13    certain  classes of persons under a program for which federal
14    funds are available, nothing in this  Section  shall  require
15    granting of financial aid or social services to other persons
16    where  federal funds would not be available as to those other
17    persons.
18    (Source: P.A. 80-354.)

19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
20    becoming law.