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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5600
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5600 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 2805/4) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 69)
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| 7 | Sec. 4. A service officer shall be assigned to each field | ||||||
| 8 | office. He
or she must be an honorably discharged veteran from | ||||||
| 9 | service in the Armed Forces
of the United States who has served | ||||||
| 10 | at least 2 years of military service. As used in this Section, | ||||||
| 11 | "Armed Forces of the United States" means any of the Armed | ||||||
| 12 | Forces of the United States, including any reserve component or | ||||||
| 13 | National Guard unit. He must have served during
a time of | ||||||
| 14 | hostilities with a foreign country, and must meet
one or more | ||||||
| 15 | of the following conditions:
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| 16 | (i) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months.
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| 1 | (ii) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities | ||||||
| 2 | regardless of the
length of engagement.
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| 3 | (iii) The veteran was discharged on the basis of | ||||||
| 4 | hardship.
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| 5 | (iv) The veteran was released from active duty because | ||||||
| 6 | of a service
connected disability and was discharged under | ||||||
| 7 | honorable conditions.
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| 8 | As used in this Section, "time of hostilities with a | ||||||
| 9 | foreign country" means
any period of time in the past, present, | ||||||
| 10 | or future during which a declaration
of war by the United | ||||||
| 11 | States Congress has been or is in effect or during which
an | ||||||
| 12 | emergency condition has been or is in effect that is recognized | ||||||
| 13 | by the
issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a | ||||||
| 14 | Presidential executive order and
in which the armed forces | ||||||
| 15 | expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals
are | ||||||
| 16 | awarded according to Presidential executive order.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 88-275.)
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| 18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 19 | becoming law.".
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