Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Filed: 4/8/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3590 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3590 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 10 as follows:
 



6    (330 ILCS 45/10)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3090)



7    Sec. 10. 
(a) The executive powers of the commission shall 
8be vested in a
superintendent elected by the commission from 
9among those who served in
the armed forces of the United 
10States. The superintendent,
designated Superintendent of 
11Veterans Assistance of the county, shall,
under the direction 
12of the commission, have charge of and maintain an
office in the 
13county building or other central location, to be used solely

14by the commission for carrying on its assistance work. The 
15county shall
provide the office and furnish all necessary 
16supplies, including telephone,
printing, stationery and 
 
 
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1postage therefor.

2    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the The 
3county board shall, in any county where a Veterans Assistance

4Commission is organized, in addition to sums appropriated for 
5assistance and
emergency assistance purposes under this Act, 
6appropriate such additional
sums, upon recommendation of the 
7Veterans Assistance Commission and as
approved by the county 
8board, to properly compensate the officers and
employees 
9required to administer such assistance.  Such county board

10approval shall be based upon recognized and established salary 
11guidelines
developed by the county and used by the county to 
12compensate county
employees.  If the county does not have 
13established employee salary
guidelines, the county board shall 
14provide funds to the commission to
compensate the 
15superintendent and his employees in a just manner.  The
county 
16board shall also provide funds to the commission to reimburse 
17the
superintendent, officers, delegates and employees for 
18certain expenses
which are approved by the commission.  The 
19superintendent and other
employees shall be employees of the 
20Veterans Assistance Commission, and no
provision in this 
21Section or elsewhere in this Act shall be construed to
mean 
22that they are employees of the county.

23    (b) The county board of a county having a population of 
24more than 3,000,000 may, but is not required to, fund a 
25Veterans Assistance Commission or adhere to the requirements 
26under subsection (a); however, should a county having a 
 
 
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1population of more than 3,000,000 not provide funding to a 
2Veterans Assistance Commission as provided in subsection (a), 
3that county shall in the alternative fund its own veterans' 
4affairs department in lieu of funding a Veterans Assistance 
5Commission. 
6    (c) Superintendents, subject to rules formulated by the 
7commission, shall select,
as far as possible, secretaries and 
8other employees from among honorably
discharged military 
9veterans as defined in Section 2, or their surviving
spouses.

10    Superintendents of all counties subject to this Act, when 
11required by the
commission, shall give bond in the sum of 
12$2,000 for the faithful performance
of their duties.

13    All persons elected or selected to fill positions provided 
14for in this
Section shall be exempt from the operation and 
15provisions of any civil service
act or laws of this State, and 
16the secretary of the commission shall be
appointed by the 
17superintendent. However, if "The Illinois Public Aid Code",
as 
18amended, becomes applicable in any county, the Department of

19Human Services may exercise the powers therein designated in 
20relation to
employees
engaged in the administration of 
21assistance under this Act.

22(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)".