Public Act 102-0484
Public Act 0484 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 102-0484
| | HB3515 Enrolled | LRB102 14642 KTG 19995 b |
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| AN ACT concerning veterans.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is amended | by changing Section 9 as follows:
| (330 ILCS 45/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3089)
| Sec. 9. Veterans Assistance Commission. | (a) In counties having 2 or more posts, camps, chapters or | detachments
of military veterans organizations as may be | recognized by law, a central
assistance committee may be | organized to be known as the Veterans
Assistance Commission of | such county, composed of delegates and alternates from a | majority of such posts, camps, units, and chapters or ship
| selected annually as determined by each post, ship, camp, or
| chapter. When so organized a commission shall be clothed with | all the
powers and charged with all the duties theretofore | devolving upon the
different posts and chapters as provided in | Section 2.
| (1) Beginning on January 1, 2017, and every January 1 | thereafter, all Veterans Assistance Commissions shall | publish a notice to each post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, | or detachment of a military veterans organization within | their respective county calling on them to select |
| delegates and alternates for that county's Veterans | Assistance Commission by the methods provided in this | subsection. The Veterans Assistance Commissions shall | allow each post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment | of a military veterans organization 60 days to respond. | (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), posts, camps, | units, chapters, ships, or detachments of a military | veterans organization shall be permitted to select one | delegate and one alternate. | (3) In counties with 5 or more posts, camps, units, | chapters, ships, or detachments of the same military | veterans organization, all the constituent posts, camps, | units, chapters, ships, or detachments of such military | organizations shall be permitted to select a single | delegate and single alternate to represent that military | veterans organization instead of each constituent post, | camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment selecting one | delegate and one alternate. For the purposes of meeting | the majority requirement of this subsection, when the | constituent groups of a military veterans organization | choose to select a single delegate and single alternate, | the single delegate and single alternate shall represent | the aggregate percentage of the constituent groups. | (4) If a post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or | detachment of a military veterans organization serves more | than one county, then it shall be permitted to select one |
| delegate and one alternate for the Veterans Assistance | Commission in each county in which at least 25% of its | members reside. | (b) The Commission superintendent and the president or | chairman of the
county board, or some other county officer | appointed by him, shall have
general oversight of the | distribution of all moneys and supplies
appropriated by the | county for the benefit of military veterans and
their | families, subject to such rules, regulations, administrative
| procedures or audit reviews as are necessary as approved by | the county
board to carry out the spirit and intent of this | Act. No warrant authorized
under this Act may be issued for the | payment of money without the
presentation of an itemized | statement or claim, approved by the
superintendent of the | Commission.
| If general assistance funds are allocated to a county for | assistance to
military veterans and their families as provided | in the Illinois
Public Aid Code, the administration of such | funds and of county tax funds
levied for such purpose as | provided in Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code
shall be | subject to the supervision of the Department of Human
Services | in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Public Aid | Code. The
superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission | must comply with the
procedures and regulations adopted by the | Veterans Assistance Commission
and the regulations of the | Department of Human Services. To further
the intent of this |
| Act of assisting military veterans, this Act is to be
| construed so that the Veterans Assistance Commission shall | provide needed
services to eligible veterans.
| (Source: P.A. 99-853, eff. 8-19-16.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 8/20/2021
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