Sen. Sue Rezin

Filed: 5/6/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1299

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1299 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 305/9)  (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
7    Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of
8the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be
9entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the
10University, for the benefit of the children of persons who
11served in the armed forces of the United States, except that
12the total number of scholarships annually granted to recipients
13from each county may not exceed 6: the Civil War, World War I,
14any time between September 16, 1940 and the termination of
15World War II, any time during the national emergency between
16June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet

 

 

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1Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time
2during the siege of Beirut between June 14, 1982 and February
326, 1984, any time during the Grenada Conflict between October
425, 1983 and December 15, 1983, or any time on or after August
52, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that persons
6in service are no longer eligible for the Southwest Asia
7Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi
8Freedom. If an honorary scholarship is not awarded for a given
9period of hostilities because there are no qualified
10applicants, then the county may award the scholarship for
11another one of the listed periods of hostilities, in which case
12there may be more than one scholarship awarded for the same
13period of hostilities. Preference for scholarships shall be
14given to the children of persons who are deceased or disabled.
15Such scholarships shall be granted to such pupils as shall,
16upon public examination, conducted as the board of trustees of
17the University may determine, be decided to have attained the
18greatest proficiency in the branches of learning usually taught
19in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral
20character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so
21selected, shall be entitled to receive, without charge for
22tuition, instruction in any or all departments of the
23University for a term of at least 4 consecutive years. Such
24pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the rules and
25regulations of the University, established for the government
26of the pupils in attendance.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 95-64, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
32013.".