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Public Act 102-0484
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| HB3515 Enrolled | LRB102 14642 KTG 19995 b |
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AN ACT concerning veterans.
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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 Military Veterans Assistance Act is amended |
by changing Section 9 as follows:
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(330 ILCS 45/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3089)
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Sec. 9. Veterans Assistance Commission. |
(a) In counties having 2 or more posts, camps, chapters or |
detachments
of military veterans organizations as may be |
recognized by law, a central
assistance committee may be |
organized to be known as the Veterans
Assistance Commission of |
such county, composed of delegates and alternates from a |
majority of such posts, camps, units, and chapters or ship
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selected annually as determined by each post, ship, camp, or
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chapter. When so organized a commission shall be clothed with |
all the
powers and charged with all the duties theretofore |
devolving upon the
different posts and chapters as provided in |
Section 2.
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(1) Beginning on January 1, 2017, and every January 1 |
thereafter, all Veterans Assistance Commissions shall |
publish a notice to each post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, |
or detachment of a military veterans organization within |
their respective county calling on them to select |
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delegates and alternates for that county's Veterans |
Assistance Commission by the methods provided in this |
subsection. The Veterans Assistance Commissions shall |
allow each post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment |
of a military veterans organization 60 days to respond. |
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), posts, camps, |
units, chapters, ships, or detachments of a military |
veterans organization shall be permitted to select one |
delegate and one alternate. |
(3) In counties with 5 or more posts, camps, units, |
chapters, ships, or detachments of the same military |
veterans organization, all the constituent posts, camps, |
units, chapters, ships, or detachments of such military |
organizations shall be permitted to select a single |
delegate and single alternate to represent that military |
veterans organization instead of each constituent post, |
camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment selecting one |
delegate and one alternate. For the purposes of meeting |
the majority requirement of this subsection, when the |
constituent groups of a military veterans organization |
choose to select a single delegate and single alternate, |
the single delegate and single alternate shall represent |
the aggregate percentage of the constituent groups. |
(4) If a post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or |
detachment of a military veterans organization serves more |
than one county, then it shall be permitted to select one |
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delegate and one alternate for the Veterans Assistance |
Commission in each county in which at least 25% of its |
members reside. |
(b) The Commission superintendent and the president or |
chairman of the
county board, or some other county officer |
appointed by him, shall have
general oversight of the |
distribution of all moneys and supplies
appropriated by the |
county for the benefit of military veterans and
their |
families, subject to such rules, regulations, administrative
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procedures or audit reviews as are necessary as approved by |
the county
board to carry out the spirit and intent of this |
Act. No warrant authorized
under this Act may be issued for the |
payment of money without the
presentation of an itemized |
statement or claim, approved by the
superintendent of the |
Commission.
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If general assistance funds are allocated to a county for |
assistance to
military veterans and their families as provided |
in the Illinois
Public Aid Code, the administration of such |
funds and of county tax funds
levied for such purpose as |
provided in Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code
shall be |
subject to the supervision of the Department of Human
Services |
in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Public Aid |
Code. The
superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission |
must comply with the
procedures and regulations adopted by the |
Veterans Assistance Commission
and the regulations of the |
Department of Human Services. To further
the intent of this |