Full Text of HB4914 98th General Assembly
HB4914ham002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Kay Hatcher Filed: 4/2/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4914
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4914 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 9 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
| 7 | | Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of | 8 | | the following
periods of hostilities, each county shall be | 9 | | entitled, annually, to one
honorary scholarship in the | 10 | | University, for the benefit of the children of
persons who | 11 | | served in the armed forces of the United States: the
Civil War, | 12 | | World War I, any time between September 16, 1940 and the
| 13 | | termination of World War II, any time during the national | 14 | | emergency
between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time | 15 | | during the Viet
Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, | 16 | | 1975, any time during the siege of Beirut between June 14, 1982 |
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| 1 | | and February 26, 1984, any time during the Grenada Conflict | 2 | | between October 25, 1983 and December 15, 1983, or any
time on | 3 | | or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President | 4 | | orders that
persons in service are no longer eligible for
the | 5 | | Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and | 6 | | Operation Iraqi Freedom. Preference for scholarships shall be
| 7 | | given to the children of persons who are deceased or
disabled. | 8 | | Such scholarships shall be
granted to such pupils as shall, | 9 | | upon public examination, conducted as
the board of trustees of | 10 | | the University may determine, be decided to
have attained the | 11 | | greatest proficiency in the branches of learning
usually taught | 12 | | in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral
| 13 | | character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so | 14 | | selected,
shall be entitled to receive, without charge for | 15 | | tuition, instruction in
any or all departments of the | 16 | | University for a term of at least 4
consecutive years. Such | 17 | | pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the
rules and | 18 | | regulations of the University, established for the government
| 19 | | of the pupils in attendance.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 95-64, eff. 1-1-08.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 22 | | 2014.".
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