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92_HB3033 LRB9201941DHmb 1 AN ACT concerning compensation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Law Enforcement Officers, Civil Defense 5 Workers, Civil Air Patrol Members, Paramedics, Firemen, 6 Chaplains, and State Employees Compensation Act is amended by 7 changing Section 3 as follows: 8 (820 ILCS 315/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 283) 9 Sec. 3. If a claim therefor is made within one year of 10 the date of death of the law enforcement officer, civil 11 defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, 12 chaplain, or State employee, compensation in the amount of 13 $10,000 shall be paid to the person designated by a law 14 enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol 15 member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State employee 16 killed in the line of duty prior to January 1, 1974, and 17 $20,000 if such death occurred after December 31, 1973 and 18 before July 1, 1983, $50,000 if such death occurred on or 19 after July 1, 1983 and before January 1, 1996the effective20date of this amendatory Act of 1995,and$100,000 if the 21 death occurred on or after January 1, 1996 and before the 22 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General 23 Assembly, and $118,000 if the death occurred on or after the 24 effective date of this Amendatory Act of the 92nd General 25 Assembly and before January 1, 2003. Beginning January 1, 26 2003, the death compensation rate shall be increased on 27 January 1 of each year by an amount equal to 3% of the 28 compensation amount payable for a death occurring in the 29 previous yearthe effective date of this amendatory Act of301995. If no beneficiary is designated or surviving at the 31 death of the law enforcement officer, civil defense worker, -2- LRB9201941DHmb 1 civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or 2 State employee killed in the line of duty, the compensation 3 shall be paid as follows: 4 (a) when there is a surviving spouse, the entire sum 5 shall be paid to the spouse; 6 (b) when there is no surviving spouse, but a surviving 7 descendant of the decedent, the entire sum shall be paid to 8 the decedent's descendants per stirpes; 9 (c) when there is neither a surviving spouse nor a 10 surviving descendant, the entire sum shall be paid to the 11 parents of the decedent in equal parts, allowing to the 12 surviving parent, if one is dead, the entire sum. 13 (d) when there is no surviving spouse, descendant or 14 parent of the decedent, but there are surviving brothers or 15 sisters, or descendants of a brother or sister, who were 16 receiving their principal support from the decedent at his 17 death, the entire sum shall be paid, in equal parts, to the 18 dependent brothers or sisters or dependent descendant of a 19 brother or sister. Dependency shall be determined by the 20 Court of Claims based upon the investigation and report of 21 the Attorney General. 22 When there is no beneficiary designated or surviving at 23 the death of the law enforcement officer, civil defense 24 worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic, fireman, 25 chaplain, or State employee killed in the line of duty and no 26 surviving spouse, descendant, parent nor dependent brother or 27 sister, or dependent descendant of a brother or sister, no 28 compensation shall be payable under this Act. 29 No part of such compensation may be paid to any other 30 person for any efforts in securing such compensation. 31 (Source: P.A. 89-323, eff. 1-1-96.) 32 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 33 becoming law.