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Public Act 099-0853
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| SB2532 Enrolled | LRB099 15936 KTG 40253 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is amended |
by changing Section 9 as follows:
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(330 ILCS 45/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3089)
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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 one delegate and alternates |
one
alternate from a majority each 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.
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(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 |
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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. |
(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 |
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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
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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.
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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
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services to eligible veterans.
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(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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