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Public Act 093-0976
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LRB093 19385 DRJ 45123 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 Code of Illinois is amended by |
changing Section 22-9 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1805/22-9)
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Sec. 22-9. Power to make grants from the Illinois Military
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Family Relief Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Department of |
Military
Affairs shall have the power to make grants from the |
Illinois Military
Family Relief Fund, a special fund created in |
the State treasury, to single persons who are members of the |
Illinois National Guard or Illinois residents who are members |
of the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and |
who have been called to active duty as a result of the |
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and to families
of persons |
who are members of the Illinois National Guard or Illinois |
residents
who are members of the reserves of the armed forces |
of the United States and
who have been called to active duty as |
a result of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks. The |
Department of Military Affairs shall establish
eligibility |
criteria for the grants by rule.
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In addition to amounts transferred into the Fund under |
Section 510 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act, the State Treasurer |
shall accept and deposit into the
Fund all gifts, grants,
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transfers, appropriations, and other amounts
from any legal |
source, public or private, that are
designated for deposit into |
the Fund.
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(Source: P.A. 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-506, eff. 8-11-03.)
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Section 10. The Survivors Compensation Act is amended by |
adding Section 4 as follows:
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(330 ILCS 100/4 new) |
Sec. 4. Compensation in connection with deceased veterans |
of the Global War on Terrorism. |
(a) The widow or widower, child or children, mother, |
father, persons standing in loco parentis, brothers and |
sisters, in the order named, of any deceased person if (i) that |
person was a resident of Illinois for at least 12 months |
immediately preceding entry into military service and (ii) that |
person's death was service-connected as a result of hostile |
action on or after September 11, 2001 and prior to such time as |
Congress declares such persons ineligible for the Global War on
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Terrorism Expeditionary Medal or the Global War on Terrorism |
Service Medal shall be paid $3,000. |
(b) If a preceding beneficiary fails to file a claim of |
compensation after the official notice of death, the Department |
of Veterans' Affairs may accept applications from succeeding |
beneficiaries, and such beneficiaries may then proceed to |
qualify upon submission of satisfactory proof of eligibility. |
(c) No right or claim to compensation under this Section |
may be assigned. |
(d) The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs has |
complete charge and control of the general scheme of payments |
authorized by this Section and shall adopt general rules for |
the making of those payments, for the ascertainment and |
selection of proper beneficiaries and the amount to which those |
beneficiaries are entitled, and for procedure. |
(e) If the person to whom compensation is payable under |
this Section is under legal disability, the compensation shall |
be paid to the person legally vested with the care of the |
legally disabled person under the laws of his or her state of |
residence. If no such person has been so designated for the |
legally disabled person, payment shall be made to the chief |
officer of any hospital or institution under the supervision or |
control of any state or of the Veterans Administration of the |
United States in which the legally disabled person is placed, |
if the officer is authorized to accept moneys for the benefit |