94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3433

 

Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Monique D. Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
330 ILCS 105/1   from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26

    Amends the Children of Deceased Veterans Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning education opportunities.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning veterans.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Children of Deceased Veterans Act is amended
5 by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (330 ILCS 105/1)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26)
7     Sec. 1. The The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
8 shall provide, insofar as moneys are appropriated for those
9 purposes, for matriculation and tuition fees, board, room rent,
10 books and supplies for the use and benefit of children, not
11 under 10 and not over 18 years of age, except extension of time
12 may be granted for a child to complete high school but in no
13 event beyond the 19th birthday who have for 12 months
14 immediately preceding their application for these benefits had
15 their domicile in the State of Illinois, of World War I
16 veterans who were killed in action or who died between April 6,
17 1917, and July 2, 1921, and of World War II veterans who were
18 killed in action or died after December 6, 1941, and on or
19 before December 31, 1946, and of Korean conflict veterans who
20 were killed in action or died between June 27, 1950 and January
21 31, 1955, and of Vietnam conflict veterans who were killed in
22 action or died between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, as a
23 result of service in the Armed Forces of the United States or
24 from other causes of World War I, World War II, the Korean
25 conflict or the Vietnam conflict, who died, whether before or
26 after the cessation of hostilities, from service-connected
27 disability, and of any veterans who died during the induction
28 periods specified below or died of a service-connected
29 disability incurred during such induction periods, such
30 periods to be those beginning September 16, 1940, and ending
31 December 6, 1941, and beginning January 1, 1947 and ending June
32 26, 1950 and the period beginning February 1, 1955, and ending

 

 

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1 on the day before the first day thereafter on which individuals
2 (other than individuals liable for induction by reason of prior
3 deferment) are no longer liable for induction for training and
4 service into the Armed Forces under the Universal Military
5 Training and Service Act, and beginning January 1, 1961 and
6 ending May 7, 1975 and of any veterans who are totally and
7 permanently disabled as a result of a service-connected
8 disability (or who died while a disability so evaluated was in
9 existence); which children are attending or may attend a state
10 educational institution of elementary grade, a high school or
11 business college, vocational training school or other
12 educational institution in this State where courses of
13 instruction are provided in subjects which would tend to enable
14 such children to engage in any useful trade, occupation or
15 profession. As used in this Act "service-connected" means, with
16 respect to disability or death, that such disability was
17 incurred or aggravated, or that the death resulted from a
18 disability incurred or aggravated, in the performance of active
19 duty or active duty for training in the military services. Such
20 children shall be admitted to state educational institutions
21 free of tuition. No more than $250.00 may be paid under this
22 Act for any one child for any one school year.
23 (Source: P.A. 85-1187.)