SB0754 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0754

Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

305 ILCS 5/4-1.12

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the 60-month limitation on the receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 4-1.12 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/4-1.12)

Sec. 4-1.12. Five year limitation. No assistance unit shall be eligible for a cash grant under this Article if it includes an adult who has received cash assistance as an adult for 60 months, whether or not consecutive, after the the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The Illinois Department may exempt individual assistance units from the 60-month limitation or determine circumstances under which a month or months would not count towards the 60-month limitation even though the assistance unit did receive cash assistance under this Article.

(Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)