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| 1 | AN ACT concerning veterans.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the War on | ||||||
| 5 | Terrorism Compensation Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Armed forces of the United States" means the United States | ||||||
| 8 | Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, the United | ||||||
| 9 | States Reserve Forces, or the Illinois National Guard. Service | ||||||
| 10 | in the merchant marine is not service in the armed forces for | ||||||
| 11 | purposes of this Act. | ||||||
| 12 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Veterans' | ||||||
| 13 | Affairs. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 10. Compensation. | ||||||
| 15 | (a) Subject to appropriation, every person who has served | ||||||
| 16 | on active duty with the armed forces of the United States on or | ||||||
| 17 | after September 11, 2001 and prior to such time as Congress | ||||||
| 18 | declares such persons ineligible for the Global War on | ||||||
| 19 | Terrorism Expeditionary Medal or the Global War on Terrorism | ||||||
| 20 | Service Medal is entitled to receive compensation of $100 for | ||||||
| 21 | such service if (i) he or she had been a resident of the State | ||||||
| 22 | of Illinois for at least 12 months immediately preceding the | ||||||
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| 1 | time he or she entered such service, (ii) he or she is still in | ||||||
| 2 | active service, is honorably separated or discharged from such | ||||||
| 3 | service, has been furloughed to a reserve, or has been retired, | ||||||
| 4 | and (iii) he or she has received the Global War on Terrorism | ||||||
| 5 | Expeditionary Medal or the Global War on Terrorism Service | ||||||
| 6 | Medal.
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| 7 | (b) No payment may be made under this Section to any person | ||||||
| 8 | who, though in such service: did civilian work at civilian pay; | ||||||
| 9 | did not serve at least 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days | ||||||
| 10 | outside the United States or its territories; or has received | ||||||
| 11 | from another state a bonus or compensation of like nature as | ||||||
| 12 | provided by this Act.
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| 13 | Section 15. Assignment prohibited. No right or claim to | ||||||
| 14 | compensation under this Act may be assigned. | ||||||
| 15 | Section 20. Legal disability. If a person to whom | ||||||
| 16 | compensation is payable under this Act is under a legal | ||||||
| 17 | disability, the compensation shall be paid to the person | ||||||
| 18 | legally vested with the care of the legally disabled person | ||||||
| 19 | under the laws of his or her state of residence. If no such | ||||||
| 20 | person has been so designated for the legally disabled person, | ||||||
| 21 | payment shall be made to the chief officer of any hospital or | ||||||
| 22 | institution under the supervision or control of any state or of | ||||||
| 23 | the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in which the | ||||||
| 24 | legally disabled person is placed, if that officer is | ||||||
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| 1 | authorized to accept moneys for the benefit of the legally | ||||||
| 2 | disabled person. Any payments so made shall be held or used | ||||||
| 3 | solely for the benefit of the legally disabled person.
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| 4 | As used in this Section, a person under a legal disability | ||||||
| 5 | means a person found to be so by a court of competent | ||||||
| 6 | jurisdiction of any state or the District of Columbia or by any | ||||||
| 7 | adjudication officer of the United States Department of | ||||||
| 8 | Veterans Affairs.
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| 9 | Section 25. Application to Department of Veterans' | ||||||
| 10 | Affairs. An application for compensation under this Act must be | ||||||
| 11 | made to the Department. | ||||||
| 12 | Section 30. Rules. The Department shall adopt rules for | ||||||
| 13 | making payments under this Act, for ascertaining and selecting | ||||||
| 14 | proper beneficiaries and determining the amount to which those | ||||||
| 15 | beneficiaries are entitled, and for procedures necessary for | ||||||
| 16 | implementing this Act.
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| 17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 18 | becoming law.
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