104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1557
 
Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Charles Meier
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 790/15
    Amends the Charitable Trust Stabilization Act. Provides that, to receive a grant under the Act, an organization must (i) have a staff or board that is completely voluntary or has the equivalent of not more than one full-time paid employee and (ii) adopt a policy of non-discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, family status, or religion.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Charitable Trust Stabilization Act is 
5amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 790/15)
7    Sec. 15. Grant eligibility. To be eligible to receive a 
8grant under this Act, an organization must be a 
9community-based organization or other not-for-profit entity 
10that:
11        (1) is a not-for-profit corporation that is exempt 
12    from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of 
13    the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
14        (2) is organized under the General Not for Profit 
15    Corporation Act of 1986 for the purpose of providing 
16    charitable services to the community; and
17        (3) complies with the provisions of the Charitable 
18    Trust Act; .
19        (4) has a staff or board that is completely voluntary 
20    or has the equivalent of not more than one full-time paid 
21    employee; and 
22        (5) has adopted a policy of non-discrimination on the 
23    basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, national 
 
 
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1    origin, disability, family status, or religion. 
2(Source: P.A. 95-655, eff. 6-1-08.)