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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1480 Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act to increase the burial benefit from $10,000 to $20,000.
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| | SB1480 | | LRB101 09073 JLS 54166 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 315/3.5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. A burial benefit of up to a |
| 8 | | maximum of $20,000 $10,000
shall be payable to the surviving |
| 9 | | spouse or estate of a law enforcement officer
or
fireman who is |
| 10 | | killed in the line of duty on or after the effective date of
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| 11 | | this amendatory Act of 1997.
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| 12 | | The Attorney General and the Court of Claims may jointly |
| 13 | | adopt rules and
procedures
for the implementation of this |
| 14 | | Section.
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| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 90-577, eff. 1-1-99.)
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