Public Act 0902 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Public Act 096-0902

AN ACT concerning veterans.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The War on Terrorism Compensation Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(330 ILCS 32/10)

Sec. 10. Compensation.

(a) Subject to appropriation, every person who has served on active duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after September 11, 2001 and prior to such time as Congress declares such persons ineligible for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal or the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal is entitled to receive compensation of $100 for such service if (i) he or she had been a resident of the State of Illinois for at least 12 months immediately preceding the time he or she entered such service, (ii) he or she is still in active service, is honorably separated or discharged from such service, has been furloughed to a reserve, or has been retired, and (iii) he or she has received the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, or the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, or the Iraq Campaign Medal.

The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly extending compensation of $100 to recipients of the Afghanistan Campaign Medal or the Iraq Campaign Medal shall be retroactive to July 24, 2009.

(b) No payment may be made under this Section to any person who, though in such service: did civilian work at civilian pay; did not serve at least 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days outside the United States or its territories; or has received from another state a bonus or compensation of like nature as provided by this Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-76, eff. 7-24-09.)

Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.