Bill Text: IL HB2478 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township or township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status of the person who would receive those funds from the organization. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2478 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2478-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2478 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/85-14 new
Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township or township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status of the person who would receive those funds from the organization. Effective immediately.
LRB103 29409 AWJ 55800 b
A BILL FOR
HB2478 LRB103 29409 AWJ 55800 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding Section
85-14 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/85-14 new)
Sec. 85-14. Nondiscriminatory use of township funds. A
township or township official may not prohibit an organization
from receiving township funds based upon the actual or
perceived citizenship or immigration status of the person who
would receive those funds from the organization.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.