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Public Act 101-0317
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| SB1244 Enrolled | LRB101 10578 AMC 55684 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by |
changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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(330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
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Sec. 1.1.
When a headstone or memorial marker is provided |
for a United
States War Veteran by the United States Government |
pursuant to Section
2306 of Title 38 of the United States Code, |
the Department of
Veterans' Affairs, subject to appropriation, |
shall pay an amount not to exceed $125 $100 to the
next of kin |
or $125 to the cemetery official responsible
for
the cost of |
transporting and erecting the headstone or memorial. However, |
no
such payment shall be made unless a signed application is |
presented to the
Department by the next of kin or cemetery |
official, along with such other proof
of transportation or |
erection charges
as the Department may require. All such |
applications for payment shall be
on forms provided by the |
Department.
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(Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |