Sen. Steve Stadelman

Filed: 4/5/2019

 

 


 

 


 
10100SB0457sam001LRB101 04218 AXK 59337 a

1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 457

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 457 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
5changing 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
8the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be
9entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the
10University, for the benefit of the children of persons who
11served in the armed forces of the United States, except that
12the total number of scholarships annually granted to recipients
13from each county may not exceed 3: any time between September
1416, 1940 and the termination of World War II, any time during
15the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
161955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict between January 1,

 

 

10100SB0457sam001- 2 -LRB101 04218 AXK 59337 a

11961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the siege of Beirut and
2the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982 and December 15,
31983, or any time on or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress
4or the President orders that persons in service are no longer
5eligible for the Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation
6Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Preference for
7scholarships shall be given to the children of persons who are
8deceased or to the children of persons who have a disability,
9including the children of veterans who were police officers or
10fire officers and were killed in the line of duty while
11employed by, or in the voluntary service of, this State or any
12local public entity in this State. Such scholarships shall be
13granted to such pupils as shall, upon public examination,
14conducted as the board of trustees of the University may
15determine, be decided to have attained the greatest proficiency
16in the branches of learning usually taught in the secondary
17schools, and who shall be of good moral character, and not less
18than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so selected, shall be
19entitled to receive, without charge for tuition, instruction in
20any or all departments of the University for a term of at least
214 consecutive years. Such pupils shall conform, in all
22respects, to the rules and regulations of the University,
23established for the government of the pupils in attendance.
24(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-377, eff. 8-17-15;
2599-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 

 

 

10100SB0457sam001- 3 -LRB101 04218 AXK 59337 a

1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".