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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4138 Introduced , by Rep. Cynthia Soto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Income Threshold Adjustment Act. Provides that to the extent a person's eligibility for benefits or services provided by a State agency is based on income threshold criteria established by the State agency and the person is employed in a municipality that (i) has a population over 500,000 and (ii) has or adopts an ordinance providing for the establishment of a minimum wage rate that is higher than the State minimum wage rate, the State agency shall adjust the income threshold criteria to account for the higher minimum wage rate established by the municipality so as to not affect that person's eligibility for the services provided.
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| | HB4138 | | LRB099 07017 KTG 27100 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Income |
| 5 | | Threshold Adjustment Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Income threshold adjustment. To the extent a |
| 7 | | person's eligibility for benefits or services provided by a |
| 8 | | State agency is based on income threshold criteria established |
| 9 | | by the State agency and the person is employed in a |
| 10 | | municipality that (i) has a population over 500,000 and (ii) |
| 11 | | has or adopts an ordinance providing for the establishment of a |
| 12 | | minimum wage rate that is higher than the State minimum wage |
| 13 | | rate, the State agency shall adjust the income threshold |
| 14 | | criteria to account for the higher minimum wage rate |
| 15 | | established by the municipality so as to not affect that |
| 16 | | person's eligibility for the services provided.
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