(750 ILCS 61/20)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-837)
Sec. 20. Certification cancellation.
(a) If the program participant obtains a name change, he or she loses certification as a program participant.
(b) The Attorney General may cancel a program participant's certification if there is a change in the residential address from the one listed on the application, unless the program participant provides the Attorney General within 7 days notice before the change of address.
(c) The Attorney General may cancel certification of a program participant if mail forwarded by the Attorney General to the program participant's address is returned as nondeliverable.
(d) The Attorney General shall cancel certification of a program participant who applies using false information.
(Source: P.A. 91-494, eff. 1-1-00.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-837) Sec. 20. Certification cancellation. (a) If the program participant obtains a legal change of identity to a new, unassociated name, the applicant loses certification as a program participant. (b) The Attorney General may cancel a program participant's certification if: (1) a program participant fails to provide the Attorney General with 7 days' notice before a change in the confidential residential street address, phone number, or legal name, from the one listed on the application; (2) mail forwarded by the Attorney General to the program participant's confidential address is returned as nondeliverable; (3) a program participant fails to file a new application within 30 days after becoming 18 years of age; (4) a program participant is unable or unwilling to maintain the confidentiality of the program participant's confidential address; (5) a program participant fails to respond to the program's request for verification of the participant's residential address within 7 days; or (6) a program participant is no longer an eligible person as defined in Section 10. (c) A person whose certification is cancelled for any reason listed in subsections (a) or (b) may reapply to the program at any time after the person's certification has been cancelled. (d) The Attorney General shall cancel certification of a program participant who applies using false information. (e) If a program participant loses certification or the certification is cancelled, mail addressed to the former program participant must be returned to the sender. (Source: P.A. 104-837, eff. 1-1-27.)