(20 ILCS 1805/28.6)
Sec. 28.6. Policy.
(a) A member of the Army National Guard or the Air National
Guard may be ordered to funeral honors duty in accordance
with this Article. Members of the Illinois National
Guard ordered to funeral honors duty in accordance with
this Article are considered to be in the active service of
the State for all purposes except for pay, and the
provisions of Sections 52, 53, 54, 55, and 56 of the
Military Code of Illinois apply if a member of the
Illinois National Guard is injured or becomes a person with a disability in
the course of those duties.
(b) The Adjutant General may provide support for other
authorized providers who volunteer to participate in a
funeral honors detail conducted on behalf of the Governor.
This support is limited to transportation and training.
(c) On or after July 1, 2006, if the Adjutant General determines that Illinois
National Guard personnel are not available to perform military funeral
honors in accordance with this Article, the Adjutant General may authorize another appropriate organization to provide one or more of its members to perform those honors and, subject to appropriations for that purpose, shall authorize the payment of a $100 stipend to the organization.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-557, eff. 1-1-17.)
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