102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5184

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Provides that the "overseer of military veterans assistance" shall be construed to mean the commanders of the various congressionally chartered veteran service organizations, or the Superintendent of a County Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that funding for Veterans Assistance Commissions shall be derived from: (i) a tax levied under the Counties Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code; (ii) funds from the county general corporate fund; and (iii) State funds from the Department of Human Services. Provides that congressionally chartered veteran service organizations and county Veterans Assistance Commissions, if applicable (rather than military veterans organizations), shall undertake the assistance of military veterans and their families. Provides that in a county having 2 or more congressionally chartered veteran service organizations, the congressionally chartered veteran service organizations may come together to form a Veterans Assistance Commission that shall act as the central office for all veterans and their families and for the families of deceased veterans. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in a county having a population of less than 3,000,000 in which there is created a County Veterans Assistance Commission, the county shall levy for assistance to military veterans and their families a tax of an amount which, when added to the unobligated balance available for such purpose at the close of the preceding fiscal year will equal .02% of the last known assessed value of the taxable property in the county. Requires County Veterans Assistance Commissions to be in charge of the administration of general assistance benefits and other public aid benefits provided under the Illinois Public Aid Code for military veterans and their families. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants that have a County Veterans Assistance Commission to levy for assistance to military veterans and their families a tax of an amount which, when added to the unobligated balance available for such purpose at the close of the preceding fiscal year, will equal .02% of the last known assessed value of the taxable property in the county, or will equal .03% of such assessed value if such higher amount is authorized by the electors of the county.


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1    AN ACT concerning veterans.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-2006 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-2006)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2006)
7    Sec. 5-2006. Tax for Veterans Assistance Commission
8veterans assistance commission. In a county having a
9population of less than 3,000,000 in which there is created a
10County Veterans Assistance Commission, the county shall levy
11for assistance to military veterans and their families, within
12the time that such levy is authorized to be made, a tax of an
13amount which, when added to the unobligated balance available
14for such purpose at the close of the preceding fiscal year will
15equal .02% of the last known assessed value of the taxable
16property in the county.
17    The county board of each county having a population of
18less than 3 million in which there is a Veterans Assistance
19Commission as provided in Section 9 of the Military Veterans
20Assistance Act may levy a tax of not to exceed .03% of the
21assessed value annually on all taxable property of the county,
22for the purpose of providing assistance to military veterans
23and their families pursuant to such Act. Whenever not less

 

 

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1than 10% of the electors of the county petition the county
2board to levy the tax at not to exceed .04% of the assessed
3value, the county board shall certify the proposition to the
4proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at
5the next general election in accordance with the general
6election law. If a majority of the electors vote in favor of
7the proposition, the county board may, annually, levy the tax
8as authorized. The proceeds of any tax so levied shall be used
9exclusively for the assistance purposes authorized thereunder,
10and a portion thereof may be expended for the salaries or
11expenses of any officers or employees of the Veterans
12Assistance Commission or for any other expenses incident to
13the administration of such assistance.
14    The tax shall be separate from the in addition to all other
15taxes which the county is authorized to levy on the aggregate
16valuation of the property within the county and shall not be
17included in any tax limitation of the rate upon which taxes are
18required to be extended, but shall be excluded therefrom and
19in addition thereto. The tax shall be levied and collected in
20like manner as the general taxes of the county, and, when
21collected, shall be paid into a special fund in the county
22treasury and used only as herein authorized, or removed from
23the county treasury in which a properly organized Veterans
24Assistance Commission is authorized under Section 3-11008 of
25this Code.
26    The limitations on tax rates herein provided may be

 

 

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1increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the
2General Revenue Law of Illinois.
3    If a county has levied the tax herein authorized or
4otherwise meets the conditions set out in Section 12-21.13 or
5Section 12-21.5 of "the Illinois Public Aid Code", to qualify
6for State funds to supplement local funds for public purposes
7under Articles III, IV, V, VI, and VII, and IX of that Code and
8otherwise meets the conditions set out in Article XII of that
9Code for receipt of State aid, the Illinois Department of
10Human Services shall allocate and pay to the county such
11additional sums as it determines to be necessary to meet the
12needs of assistance to military veterans and their families in
13the county and expenses incident to the administration of such
14assistance. County Veterans Assistance Commissions shall be in
15charge of the administration of such assistance provided under
16Articles VI and IX of the Illinois Public Aid Code for military
17veterans and their families.
18
19(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
20    Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
21changing Sections 2-14, 12-21.5, and 12-21.13 as follows:
 
22    (305 ILCS 5/2-14)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2-14)
23    Sec. 2-14. "Local governmental unit". Every county, city,
24village, incorporated town or township charged with the duty

 

 

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1of providing public aid under Article VI; and County Veterans
2Assistance Commissions providing general assistance to
3indigent war veterans and their families under Section 12-21.5
412-21.13 of Article XII.
5    However, should any Section of this Code impose the
6obligation of providing medical assistance to persons who are
7non-residents of the State of Illinois upon a local
8governmental unit, the term "local governmental unit" shall
9not include townships. In such case the obligation for
10providing medical assistance to non-residents which would
11otherwise be the duty of a township shall become the
12obligation of the Department of Healthcare and Family
13Services.
14(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
15    (305 ILCS 5/12-21.5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 12-21.5)
16    Sec. 12-21.5. Veterans Assistance Commission as local
17governmental unit.
18    In counties having less than 3 million inhabitants in
19which there is created a County Veterans Assistance
20Commission, the Superintendent of Veterans Assistance shall be
21selected and other employees appointed as provided in Section
2210 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act and the
23compensation of the Superintendent and other employees shall
24be as therein provided.
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1which there is created a County Veterans Assistance
2Commission, the county shall levy for assistance to military
3veterans and their families, within the time that such levy is
4authorized to be made, a tax of an amount which, when added to
5the unobligated balance available for such purpose at the
6close of the preceding fiscal year will equal .02% of the last
7known assessed value of the taxable property in the county, or
8which will equal .03% of such assessed value if such higher
9amount is authorized by the electors of the county, as
10provided in Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code.
11(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
12    (305 ILCS 5/12-21.13)  (from Ch. 23, par. 12-21.13)
13    Sec. 12-21.13. Local funds required to qualify for state
14aid. To qualify for State funds to supplement local funds for
15public aid purposes, a local governmental unit shall, except
16as hereinafter provided, levy within the time that such levy
17is authorized to be made a tax of an amount which, when added
18to the unobligated balance available for such purposes at the
19close of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which
20the tax is levied will equal .10% of the last known total
21equalized value of all taxable property in the governmental
22unit.
23    In a county of less than 3 million population in which
24there is created a County Veterans Assistance Commission, the
25county shall levy for assistance to military veterans and

 

 

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1their families, within the time that such levy is authorized
2to be made, a tax of an amount which, when added to the
3unobligated balance available for such purpose at the close of
4the preceding fiscal year will equal .02% of the last known
5assessed value of the taxable property in the county, or which
6will equal .03% of such assessed value if such higher amount is
7authorized by the electors of the county, as provided in
8Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code.
9    If, however, at the latest date in the year on which the
10aforesaid taxes are authorized to be levied there is in the
11unobligated balance of the local governmental unit an amount
12equal to .10%, or .02% in the case of Veterans' Assistance, of
13the last known total equalized value of all taxable property
14in the governmental unit, then no tax need be levied in that
15year in order for the local governmental unit to qualify for
16State funds.
17    In determining the amount of the unobligated balance which
18is to be applied in producing the required levy for receipt of
19State funds, or which is to be applied in determining whether a
20tax levy is required, there shall be deducted from the gross
21unobligated balance of funds available at the close of the
22preceding fiscal year the total amount of State funds
23allocated to the governmental unit during that year and the
24total amount of any monies transferred to a township's general
25town fund under Section 235-20 of the Township Code during
26that year, and only the remainder shall be considered in

 

 

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1determining the amount of the deficiency needed to produce an
2amount equal to the qualifying levy for the current year.
3(Source: P.A. 87-796; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 
4    Section 15. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is
5amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
6as follows:
 
7    (330 ILCS 45/1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3081)
8    Sec. 1. The term "Overseer of military veterans
9assistance", as used in this Act, means the commanders of the
10various congressionally chartered veteran service
11organizations, or the Superintendent of a County Veterans
12Assistance Commission shall be construed to mean all persons
13whose duty it is, under the existing statutes, to care for,
14relieve or maintain, wholly or in part, any person who may be
15entitled to such assistance under the statutes of the State of
16Illinois. This Act shall not infringe upon the mandated powers
17and authorities vested in the Illinois Department of Veterans'
18Affairs.
19(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
20    (330 ILCS 45/2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3082)
21    Sec. 2. For the just, necessary, and needed assistance and
22services assistance of military veterans, who served in the
23Armed Forces of the United States, whose last discharge from

 

 

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1the service was honorable to be eligible for assistance, their
2families, and the families of deceased veterans with service
3as described in this Section who need assistance and services.
4        (1) The supervisor of general assistance or the county
5    board shall provide such sums of money as may be just and
6    necessary to be drawn by the commander, quartermaster or
7    commandant of any post, ship, camp, chapter or detachment
8    of any congressionally chartered or state chartered
9    veterans service organization, in the city or town, or the
10    superintendent of any Veterans' Assistance Commission of
11    the county, upon the recommendation of the assistance
12    committee of the congressionally chartered service
13    organization or post, ship, camp, chapter or Veterans'
14    Assistance Commission.
15            (A) Funding for Veterans Assistance Commissions
16        shall be derived from 3 sources:
17                (i) a tax levied under Section 5-2006 of the
18            Counties Code and Section 12-21.5 of the Illinois
19            Public Aid Code;
20                (ii) funds from the county general corporate
21            fund; and
22                (iii) State funds from the Department of Human
23            Services.
24            (B) The minimum amount to be provided annually to
25        Veterans Assistance Commissions is provided in Section
26        12-21.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

 

 

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1        (2) If any supervisor of general assistance or county
2    board fails or refuses after such recommendation to
3    provide any just and necessary sums of money for such
4    assistance, then the commander, post, chapter, or
5    detachment or the superintendent of any Veterans'
6    Assistance Commission located in the district of such
7    supervisor of general assistance or such county board
8    shall apply to the circuit court of the district or county
9    for relief by mandamus upon the supervisor of general
10    assistance or county board requiring him, her or it to
11    pay, or to appropriate and pay such sums of money, and upon
12    proof made of the justice and necessity of the claim, the
13    circuit court shall grant the sums so requested such
14    assistance. The minimum funding amount to be provided to a
15    Veterans Assistance Commission shall be as provided under
16    Section 12-21.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
17        (3) Such sums of money shall be drawn in the manner now
18    provided under Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code and
19    Section 12-21.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code by law for
20    the assistance of the poor. Orders of commanders,
21    quartermasters, commandants, or superintendents of
22    Veterans' Assistance Commissions shall be proper warrants
23    vouchers for the expenditure of such sums of money.
24(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
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1    Sec. 3. In case there is no post or camp of a military
2veterans organization, in any town in which it is necessary
3that such assistance as provided in Section 2 should be
4granted, the overseer of military veterans assistance shall
5accept and pay the orders drawn, as hereinbefore provided by
6the commander, quartermaster or commandant of any
7congressionally chartered veteran service organization post or
8camp of a military veterans organization, upon the
9recommendation of an assistance committee, who shall be
10residents of the said town in which the assistance may be
11furnished.
12(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
13    (330 ILCS 45/4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3084)
14    Sec. 4. Upon the taking effect of this Act, the commander
15of any congressionally chartered veteran service organization,
16or in a county in which a County Veterans Assistance
17Commission is properly created post or camp of a military
18veterans organization, which shall undertake the assistance of
19military veterans and their families, as hereinbefore
20provided, before the acts of the commander, quartermaster or
21commandant shall be operative in any city or town, shall file
22with the city clerk of such city or town clerk of such town, or
23overseer of military veterans assistance of such town or
24county, a notice that said post, camp, chapter or detachment
25intends to undertake such assistance as is provided by this

 

 

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1Act, and such notice shall contain the names of the assistance
2committee of the post, camp, chapter or detachment in such
3city or town, and the commander and other officers of said
4congressionally chartered veteran service organization post,
5camp, chapter or detachment. And the commander of the
6congressionally chartered veteran service organization post,
7camp, chapter or detachment shall annually thereafter, during
8the month of October, file a similar notice with the city or
9town clerk, or the overseer of military veterans assistance,
10also a detailed statement of the amount of assistance
11furnished during the preceding year, with the names of all
12persons to whom such assistance shall have been furnished,
13together with a brief statement in such case from the
14assistance committee upon whose recommendation the orders were
15drawn. Any person who fails or neglects so to do at the time
16required by this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and
17fined $250 to be recovered in the name of the county in the
18circuit court.
19(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
20    (330 ILCS 45/5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3085)
21    Sec. 5. The auditing board of any city or town, or the
22overseer of military veterans assistance of any city, town, or
23county, which shall be the Superintendent of any properly
24organized Veterans Assistance Commission, may require of the
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1veteran service organization, or Superintendent of any
2properly organized Veterans Assistance Commission or
3detachment of any post or camp of a military veterans
4organization, undertaking such assistance in any city or town,
5a bond with sufficient and satisfactory sureties for the
6faithful and honest discharge of their duties under this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
8    (330 ILCS 45/6)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3086)
9    Sec. 6. Overseers of military veterans assistance are
10hereby prohibited from sending military veterans (or their
11families or the families of those deceased) to any almshouse
12(or orphan asylum) without the full concurrence and consent of
13the commander and assistance committee of the congressionally
14chartered veteran service organization post or camp of a
15military veterans organization having jurisdiction as provided
16in Sections 2 and 3 of this Act, or properly organized Veterans
17Assistance Commission. Military veterans with families and the
18families of deceased veterans, shall, whenever practicable, be
19provided for and assisted at their homes in such city or town
20in which they shall have a residence, in the manner provided in
21Sections 2 and 3 of this Act. Needy veterans or veterans with
22disabilities of the classes specified in Section 2 of this
23Act, who are not mentally ill, and who have no families or
24friends with which they may be domiciled, may be sent to any
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1Affairs. Any less fortunate veteran of either of the classes
2specified in Section 2 of this Act or any member of the family
3of any living or deceased veteran of said classes, who may be
4mentally ill, shall, upon the recommendation of the commander
5and assistance committee of such congressionally chartered
6veteran service organization post or camp of a military
7veterans organization, within the jurisdiction of which the
8case may occur, be sent to any mental health facility and cared
9for as provided for indigent persons who are mentally ill.
10(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
11    (330 ILCS 45/7)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3087)
12    Sec. 7. In case there shall be within the limits of any
13city or town more than one post or camp of military veterans
14organizations, it shall be the duty of the commander of each
15congressionally chartered veteran service organization post,
16camp, chapter or detachment within such limits, to send to the
17commander of every other congressionally chartered veteran
18service organization post, camp, chapter or detachment, as the
19case may be, within said limits, on the first day of each
20month, a written list of the names of all persons to whom
21assistance has been granted during the preceding month, under
22the provisions of this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
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1    Sec. 8. The commander of any congressionally chartered
2veteran service organization post or camp of a military
3veterans organization, congressionally chartered or state
4chartered commander, or the superintendent of any county
5Veterans' Assistance Commission of Illinois shall annually
6report to the Governor, on or before the first day of January
7of each year, such portions of the transactions of the
8aforementioned congressionally chartered veteran service
9organization veterans' organizations relating thereto as the
10commander or superintendent he may deem to be of interest to
11that organization and the people of the State.
12(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
13    (330 ILCS 45/9)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3089)
14    Sec. 9. Veterans Assistance Commission.
15    (a) In counties having 2 or more congressionally chartered
16veteran service organizations posts, camps, chapters or
17detachments of military veterans organizations as may be
18recognized by law, the congressionally chartered veteran
19service organizations may come together to form a , a central
20assistance committee may be organized to be known as the
21Veterans Assistance Commission of such county. The Veterans
22Assistance Commission of such county shall act as the central
23service office for all veterans and their families and for the
24families of deceased veterans. The Commission shall be ,
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1congressionally chartered veteran service organizations posts,
2camps, units, and chapters or ship selected annually as
3determined by each congressionally chartered veteran service
4organization post, ship, camp, or chapter. When so organized a
5Commission commission shall be clothed with all the powers and
6charged with all the duties theretofore devolving upon the
7different congressionally chartered veteran service
8organizations within the county posts and chapters as provided
9in Section 2.
10        (1) Every Beginning on January 1, 2017, and every
11    January 1 thereafter, all Veterans Assistance Commissions
12    shall publish a notice to each congressionally chartered
13    veteran service organization post, camp, unit, chapter,
14    ship, or detachment of a military veterans organization
15    within their respective county calling on them to select
16    delegates and alternates for that county's Veterans
17    Assistance Commission by the methods provided in this
18    subsection. The Veterans Assistance Commissions shall
19    allow each congressionally chartered veteran service
20    organization until March 1 to respond, at which time those
21    delegates and alternates shall begin their term of office
22    post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment of a
23    military veterans organization 60 days to respond.
24        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3),
25    congressionally chartered veteran service organizations
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1    military veterans organization shall be permitted to
2    select one delegate and one alternate.
3        (3) In counties with 5 or more posts, camps, units,
4    chapters, ships, or detachments of the same
5    congressionally chartered veteran service organization
6    military veterans organization, all the constituent posts,
7    camps, units, chapters, ships, or detachments of such
8    congressionally chartered veteran service organization
9    military organizations shall be permitted to select a
10    single delegate and single alternate to represent that
11    congressionally chartered veteran service organization
12    military veterans organization instead of each constituent
13    post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment selecting
14    one delegate and one alternate. For the purposes of
15    meeting the majority requirement of this subsection, when
16    the constituent groups of a congressionally chartered
17    veteran service organization military veterans
18    organization choose to select a single delegate and single
19    alternate, the single delegate and single alternate shall
20    represent the aggregate percentage of the constituent
21    groups.
22        (4) If a post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or
23    detachment of a congressionally chartered veteran service
24    organization military veterans organization serves more
25    than one county, then it shall be permitted to select one
26    delegate and one alternate for the Veterans Assistance

 

 

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1    Commission in each county in which at least 25% of its
2    members reside.
3    (b) The Commission superintendent and the president or
4chairman of the county board, or some other county officer
5appointed by him, shall have general oversight of the
6distribution of all moneys and supplies appropriated by the
7county for the benefit of military veterans and their
8families, subject to such rules, regulations, administrative
9procedures or audit reviews as are necessary as approved by
10the Commission county board to carry out the spirit and intent
11of this Act. No warrant authorized under this Act may be issued
12for the payment of money without the presentation of an
13itemized statement or claim, approved by the superintendent of
14the Commission.
15    If general assistance funds are allocated to a county for
16assistance to military veterans and their families as provided
17in the Illinois Public Aid Code, the administration of such
18funds and of county tax funds levied for such purpose as
19provided in Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code shall be
20subject to the supervision of the Department of Human Services
21in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Public Aid
22Code.
23    (c) The Veterans Assistance Commission shall be in charge
24of the administration of any benefits provided under Articles
25VI and IX of the Illinois Public Aid Code for military veterans
26and their families. The Veterans Assistance Commission shall

 

 

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1represent veterans in their application for benefits through
2State and federal agencies, including representing veterans in
3their appeals of adverse decisions. The superintendent of the
4Veterans Assistance Commission and its employees must comply
5with the procedures and regulations adopted by the Veterans
6Assistance Commission and the regulations of the Department of
7Human Services. To further the intent of this Act of assisting
8military veterans, this Act is to be construed so that the
9Veterans Assistance Commission shall provide needed services
10to eligible veterans.
11(Source: P.A. 102-484, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
12    (330 ILCS 45/10)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3090)
13    Sec. 10. The executive powers of the Commission commission
14shall be vested in a superintendent elected by the Commission
15commission from among those who served honorably in the armed
16forces of the United States. The superintendent, designated
17Superintendent of Veterans Assistance of the county, shall,
18under the direction of the Commission commission, have charge
19of and maintain an office in the county building or a other
20central location within the county, to be used solely by the
21Commission commission for providing the just, necessary, and
22needed services mandated by law carrying on its assistance
23work. The county shall provide for the funding of the office
24and furnish all necessary supplies, including telephone,
25printing, stationery, and postage therefor.

 

 

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1    The county board shall, in any county where a Veterans
2Assistance Commission is organized, in addition to sums
3appropriated for these just, necessary, and needed services as
4provided by law and approved by the Commission assistance and
5emergency assistance purposes under this Act, appropriate such
6additional sums, upon recommendation of the Veterans
7Assistance Commission and as approved by the county board, to
8properly compensate the officers and employees required to
9administer such assistance. Such county board approval shall
10be based upon recognized and established salary guidelines
11developed by the county and used by the county to compensate
12county employees. If the county does not have established
13employee salary guidelines, the county board shall provide
14funds to the commission to compensate the superintendent and
15his employees in a just manner. The county board shall also
16provide funds to the Commission commission to reimburse the
17superintendent, officers, delegates and employees for certain
18expenses which are approved by the Commission commission. The
19superintendent and other employees shall be employees of the
20Veterans Assistance Commission, and no provision in this
21Section or elsewhere in this Act shall be construed to mean
22that they are employees of the county.
23    Superintendents, subject to rules formulated by the
24Commission commission, shall select, as far as possible,
25Veteran Service Officers secretaries and other employees from
26among honorably discharged military veterans as defined in

 

 

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1Section 2, or their surviving spouses or children.
2    In a county with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the
3superintendent may, in conformance with subsection (f) of
4Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code, request legal assistance
5from the State's Attorney serving the county in which the
6Veterans Assistance Commission is located.
7    Superintendents of all counties subject to this Act, when
8required by the Commission commission, shall give bond in the
9sum of $2,000 for the faithful performance of their duties.
10    All persons elected or selected to fill positions provided
11for in this Section shall be exempt from the operation and
12provisions of any civil service act or laws of this State, and
13the secretary of the Commission commission shall be appointed
14by the superintendent. However, if "The Illinois Public Aid
15Code", as amended, becomes applicable in any county, the
16Department of Human Services may exercise the powers therein
17designated in relation to employees engaged in the
18administration of assistance under this Act.
19(Source: P.A. 102-56, eff. 7-9-21.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    55 ILCS 5/5-2006from Ch. 34, par. 5-2006
4    305 ILCS 5/2-14from Ch. 23, par. 2-14
5    305 ILCS 5/12-21.5from Ch. 23, par. 12-21.5
6    305 ILCS 5/12-21.13from Ch. 23, par. 12-21.13
7    330 ILCS 45/1from Ch. 23, par. 3081
8    330 ILCS 45/2from Ch. 23, par. 3082
9    330 ILCS 45/3from Ch. 23, par. 3083
10    330 ILCS 45/4from Ch. 23, par. 3084
11    330 ILCS 45/5from Ch. 23, par. 3085
12    330 ILCS 45/6from Ch. 23, par. 3086
13    330 ILCS 45/7from Ch. 23, par. 3087
14    330 ILCS 45/8from Ch. 23, par. 3088
15    330 ILCS 45/9from Ch. 23, par. 3089
16    330 ILCS 45/10from Ch. 23, par. 3090