20 ILCS 1310/ Domestic Violence Shelters Act.

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20 ILCS 1310/0.01

(20 ILCS 1310/0.01) (from Ch. 40, par. 2400)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Domestic Violence Shelters Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

20 ILCS 1310/1

(20 ILCS 1310/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 2401)

Sec. 1.

The terms used in this Act shall have the following meanings
ascribed to them:

(a) "Domestic violence" means attempting to cause or causing abuse of
a family or household member or high-risk adult with disabilities, or
attempting to cause or causing neglect or exploitation of a high-risk adult
with disabilities which threatens the adult's health and safety, as
defined in Section 103 of the
Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.

(b) "Family or household member" means a spouse, person living as a spouse,
parent, or other adult person related by consanguinity or affinity, who
is residing or has resided with the person committing domestic violence.
"Family or household member" includes a high-risk adult with disabilities
who resides with or receives care from any person who has the
responsibility for a high-risk adult as a result of a family relationship
or who has assumed responsibility for all or a portion of the care of an
adult with disabilities voluntarily, by express or implied contract, or by court order.

(c) "Shelter" means a facility including, but not
limited to, a facility providing temporary
residential facilities to family or household members who are victims of
domestic violence and their children and to high-risk adults with disabilities.

(d) "High-risk adult with disabilities" means a person aged 18 or over
whose physical or mental disability impairs his or her ability to seek or
obtain protection from abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

(Source: P.A. 86-542.)

20 ILCS 1310/2

(20 ILCS 1310/2) (from Ch. 40, par. 2402)

Sec. 2.

The Department of Human Services shall administer
domestic violence
shelters and service programs, or shall provide for their administration
by not-for-profit corporations with whom the Department has contracts, for
adults and their dependents who are the subjects of domestic violence.

(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

20 ILCS 1310/3

(20 ILCS 1310/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 2403)

Sec. 3.

The Department of Human Services shall provide
for the funding of
domestic violence shelters and service programs in part from the Domestic
Violence
Shelter and Service Fund and in part from the General Revenue Fund.  In
allotting monies from such fund, the Department
shall give priority to shelters or programs offering or proposing to offer
the broadest range of services and referrals to the community served.  Such
shelters or programs may be operated by community-based organizations or
units of local government.  The Department shall require shelters or programs
eligible for funding under this Act to provide matching funds in such
percentage
as the Department shall by rule determine and such percentage shall be uniform
throughout the State.

(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

20 ILCS 1310/3.2

(20 ILCS 1310/3.2) (from Ch. 40, par. 2403.2)

Sec. 3.2.

All funds collected pursuant to P.A. 82-645, which are
held in escrow for refund and for which a refund is not approved by
September 1, 1988, shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer for deposit
into the Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund.  The Domestic Violence
Shelter and Service Fund shall also include assessments received by the State
Treasurer from circuit clerks under the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act.  Monies deposited in the Fund pursuant to this
Section and the income tax check-off for the Domestic Violence Shelter and
Service Fund authorized by Section 507F of the Illinois Income Tax Act
shall be appropriated to the Department of Human Services
for the purpose of
providing services specified by this Act; however, the Department may waive
the matching funds requirement of this Act with respect to such monies.
Any such waiver shall be uniform throughout the State.  This amendatory Act
of 1987 applies to all funds collected pursuant to PA 82-645, held in
escrow and for which no refund is approved by September 1, 1988, whether
those funds are administered by the State, a county, a court, or any other
unit or agency of government.

(Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)