Bill Text: IL HB4768 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Domestic Violence Shelters Act. Provides that, for counties with a population of 200,000 or more, the Department of Human Services shall establish a grant program to enable capital funds to support domestic violence shelters and service programs so that they can be equipped to provide shelter assistance to victims of domestic violence and their pets. Requires the Department to also permit, and search for, third party funding and services to support the grant program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4768 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4768-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4768 Introduced , by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1310/3.3 new
Amends the Domestic Violence Shelters Act. Provides that, for counties with a population of 200,000 or more, the Department of Human Services shall establish a grant program to enable capital funds to support domestic violence shelters and service programs so that they can be equipped to provide shelter assistance to victims of domestic violence and their pets. Requires the Department to also permit, and search for, third party funding and services to support the grant program.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Domestic Violence Shelters Act is amended by
adding Section 3.3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1310/3.3 new)
Sec. 3.3. Priority for pet friendly domestic violence
shelters. For counties with a population of 200,000 or more,
the Department shall establish a grant program to enable
capital funds to support domestic violence shelters and service
programs so that they can be equipped to provide shelter
assistance to victims of domestic violence and their pets. The
Department shall also permit, and search for, third party
funding and services to support the grant program.