Public Act 101-0028
 
HB2028 EnrolledLRB101 08965 SLF 54056 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The State Police Act is amended  by changing 
Section 12.2 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 2610/12.2)



    Sec. 12.2. 
Burial benefit for State police officers killed 
in the line of
duty.

    (a) The Department of State Police shall pay directly or 
reimburse, up to a
maximum of $20,000 $10,000, the burial 
expenses of each State police officer who is
killed in the line 
of duty after June 30, 2018 1997.

    (b) The payments provided for in this Section shall be paid 
out of moneys
appropriated to the Department for the personal 
services of State police
officers.

    (c) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules 
governing the
administration of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 90-178, eff. 7-23-97.)



 
    Section 10. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended by 
changing Section 3.5 as follows:
 



    (820 ILCS 315/3.5)



    Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. A burial benefit of up to a 
maximum of $20,000 $10,000
shall be payable to the surviving 
spouse or estate of a law enforcement officer
or
fireman who is 
killed in the line of duty on or after June 30, 2018 the 
effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997.

    The Attorney General and the Court of Claims may jointly 
adopt rules and
procedures
for the implementation of this 
Section.

(Source: P.A. 90-577, eff. 1-1-99.)