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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 Department of Veterans Affairs Act is
5 amended by adding Section 2f as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2805/2f new)
7 Sec. 2f. Anna Veterans Home capacity.
8 (a) The Department finds that the Illinois Veterans Home
9 at Anna requires an increase in capacity to better serve the
10 southern region of Illinois and to accommodate the increasing
11 number of Illinois veterans eligible for care.
12 (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
13 increase by at least 40 beds the capacity of the Illinois
14 Veterans Home at Anna and shall request and expend federal
15 grants for this Veterans Home addition.
16 (Source: P.A. 91-634, eff. 8-19-99; 92-671, eff. 7-16-02.)
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.