Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 121.151 - Penalties for Intentional Violations of the Program
a) Persons found to have intentionally
violated the Food Stamp Program, as set forth in Section
121.153(a),
are disqualified as specified by a court decision or for:
1) 12 months for the first
violation;
2) 24 months for the
second violation; and
3)
permanently for the third violation.
b) A person is permanently disqualified if he
or she is convicted of trafficking food stamp benefits of $500 or
more.
c) A person is disqualified
from receiving food stamps for ten years when an Administrative
Disqualification Hearing or a federal or State court convicts him or her of
making a false statement or representation about his or her identity or
residence in order to receive more than one food stamp issuance at the same
time.
d) If the person is currently
participating in the Food Stamp Program, disqualification begins no later than
the second fiscal month (defined at 89 Ill. Adm. Code
101.20 ) after the
month of the hearing decision. Once the period of disqualification is imposed,
it continues regardless of the eligibility of the disqualified member's
household.
e) If the person is not
participating in the Food Stamp Program, the disqualification begins the month
after the month of the hearing decision.
f) If the individual intentionally failed to
report income, the earned income deduction is not applied to that portion of
income the individual failed to report (not the entire amount of earned income)
when calculating the overpayment amount.
Notes
Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 16484, effective October 25, 2002
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