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20 ILCS 1825/2

(20 ILCS 1825/2) (from Ch. 129, par. 402)

Sec. 2.

As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Illinois National Guardsman" or "guardsman" means any person who
is a member of the Illinois National
Guard under "The Military Code of Illinois", approved July 8, 1957, as amended.

(b) "Killed in the line of duty" means losing one's life as a result of
injury received while on duty as an Illinois national guardsman, if the
death occurs within one year from the date the injury
was received and if that injury arose from violence or any other accidental
cause except that the benefits this Act shall not be provided in the event
a guardsman is killed while on active military service
pursuant to an order of the President of the United States. The terms
excludes death resulting from the willful misconduct or intoxication of the
guardsman; however, the burden of proof of such willful
misconduct or intoxication of the guardsman is on the
Attorney General.

(Source: P.A. 85-1241.)