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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 4 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 2805/4)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 69)



7    Sec. 4. A service officer shall be assigned to each field 
8office. He
or she must be an honorably discharged veteran from 
9service in the Armed Forces
of the United States who has served 
10at least 2 years of military service. As used in this Section, 
11"Armed Forces of the United States" means any of the Armed 
12Forces of the United States, including any reserve component or 
13National Guard unit.  He must have served during
a time of 
14hostilities with a foreign country, and must meet
one or more 
15of the following conditions:


16        (i) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months.


17        (ii) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities 
18    regardless of the
length of engagement.


19        (iii) The veteran was discharged on the basis of 
20    hardship.


21        (iv) The veteran was released from active duty because 
22    of a service
connected disability and was discharged under 
23    honorable conditions.

 
 
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1    As used in this Section, "time of hostilities with a 
2foreign country" means
any period of time in the past, present, 
3or future during which a declaration
of war by the United 
4States Congress has been or is in effect or during which
an 
5emergency condition has been or is in effect that is recognized 
6by the
issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a 
7Presidential executive order and
in which the armed forces 
8expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals
are 
9awarded according to Presidential executive order.

10(Source: P.A. 88-275.)

 
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.