96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2148


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














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    Amends the Military Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department of Military Affairs, subject to appropriation, to also make grants from the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund to (i) Illinois residents who are active duty members of the armed forces of the United States or members of the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and who are wounded in combat while deployed in support of the global war on terrorism and (ii) the families of those persons. Provides that the Department must establish a casualty-based grant program. 
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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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 
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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 
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Military
Affairs shall have the power to make grants from the 
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Illinois Military
Family Relief Fund, a special fund created in 
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the State treasury, to (i) single persons who are members of 
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the Illinois National Guard, (ii) or Illinois residents who are 
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members of the reserves of the armed forces of the United 
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States and who have been called to active duty as a result of 
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the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, (iii) Illinois 
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residents who are active duty members of the armed forces of 
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the United States or members of the reserves of the armed 
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forces of the United States and who are wounded in combat while 
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deployed in support of the global war on terrorism, and (iv) 
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families of the classes of persons listed in items (i), (ii), 
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and (iii) of this Section and to families
of persons who are 
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members of the Illinois National Guard or Illinois residents

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who are members of the reserves of the armed forces of the 
 


 






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United States and
who have been called to active duty as a 
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result of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks. The 
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Department of Military Affairs shall establish
eligibility 
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criteria for the grants by rule. 

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    The Department of Military Affairs shall establish a 
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casualty-based grant program and criteria for awarding grants 
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under that program. The Department may consider past and 
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present members of the Illinois National Guard who were wounded 
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in combat and Illinois residents who were wounded in combat and 
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who are or were active duty or reserve members of the armed 
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forces of the United States for these grants. The Department 
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must award at least $5,000 to each recipient of a 
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casualty-based grant. 
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    In addition to amounts transferred into the Fund under 
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Section 510 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act, the State Treasurer 
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shall accept and deposit into the
Fund all gifts, grants,

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transfers, appropriations, and other amounts
from any legal 
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source, public or private, that are
designated for deposit into 
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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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93-976, eff. 8-20-04.)