Rep. Michael Unes
Filed: 3/11/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1822 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1822 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Disabled Veterans Housing Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 



6    (330 ILCS 65/3)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 60)



7    Sec. 3. 
Application for assistance under this Act shall be 
8made by the
veteran to the Illinois Department of Veterans' 
9Affairs and shall be
accompanied by satisfactory evidence that 
10the
veteran has been approved by the Administrator of Veterans' 
11Affairs for
assistance in acquiring a suitable dwelling unit or 
12in remodeling a dwelling
not adapted to the requirements of his 
13disability.  The application shall
contain such information as 
14will enable the Illinois Department of Veterans'
Affairs to 
15determine the amount of assistance
to which the veteran is 
16entitled. The Illinois Department of Veterans'
Affairs shall 
 
 
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1adopt general rules for determining
the question of whether an 
2applicant was a resident of this State at the
time he or she 
3entered the service or was discharged while being a resident of 
4this State, and shall prescribe by rule the nature of the
proof 
5to be submitted to establish the fact of residence.  The 
6Illinois
Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt 
7guidelines for determining types
of remodeling and adaptations 
8which are reasonably necessary because of
a veteran's 
9disability, for a veteran eligible for assistance under
Section 
102.1 of this Act.

11(Source: P.A. 82-894.)".