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Sen. John M. Sullivan
Filed: 3/8/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2032
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2032 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Children of Deceased Veterans Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (330 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26)
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| Sec. 1. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
shall |
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| provide, insofar as moneys are appropriated for those purposes, |
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| for
matriculation and tuition fees, board, room rent, books and |
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| supplies for
the use and benefit of children, not under 10 and |
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| not over 18 years of age,
except extension of time may be |
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| granted for a child to complete high school
but in no event |
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| beyond the 19th birthday who have for 12 months immediately
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| preceding their application for these benefits had their |
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| domicile in the
State of Illinois, of World War I
veterans who |
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| were killed in action
or who died between April 6, 1917, and |
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| July 2, 1921, and of World War II
veterans who were killed in |
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| action or died after December 6, 1941, and on
or before |
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| December 31, 1946, and of Korean conflict veterans who were |
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| killed
in action or died between June 27, 1950 and January 31, |
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| 1955, and of Vietnam
conflict veterans who were killed in |
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| action or died between January 1, 1961
and May 7, 1975, as a |
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| result of service in the Armed Forces of the United
States or |
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| from other causes of World War I, World
War II, the Korean |
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| conflict or the Vietnam conflict,
who died, whether before or |
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| after the cessation of hostilities, from service-connected
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| disability, and of any veterans who died during the induction |
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| periods specified
below or died of a service-connected |
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| disability incurred during such induction
periods, such |
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| periods to be those beginning September 16, 1940, and ending
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| December 6, 1941, and beginning January 1, 1947 and ending June |
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| 26, 1950
and the period beginning February 1, 1955, and ending |
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| on the day before
the first day thereafter on which individuals |
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| (other than individuals liable
for induction by reason of prior |
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| deferment) are no longer liable for induction
for training and |
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| service into the Armed Forces under the Universal Military
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| Training and Service Act, and beginning January 1, 1961 and |
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| ending May
7, 1975 and of any veterans who are totally and |
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| permanently
disabled as a result of a service-connected |
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| disability (or who died
while a disability so evaluated was in |
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| existence); which children are attending
or may attend a state |
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| educational institution of elementary or high school grade, a |
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| home school located in this State,
a high
school or a business |
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| college, vocational training
school, or other educational |
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| institution in this State where courses of
instruction are |
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| provided in subjects which would tend to enable such
children |
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| to engage in any useful trade, occupation or profession. As
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| used in this Act "service-connected" means, with respect to |
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| disability
or death, that such disability was incurred or |
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| aggravated, or that the
death resulted from a disability |
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| incurred or aggravated, in the
performance of active duty or |
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| active duty for training in the military
services. Such |
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| children shall
be admitted to state educational institutions |
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| free of tuition. No more
than $250.00 may be paid under this |
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| Act for any one child for any one
school year.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1187.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |