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HB1608 Engrossed                     LRB093 07814 LCB 08003 b

 1        AN ACT concerning veterans.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Department of  Veterans  Affairs  Act  is
 5    amended by adding Section 2f as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 2805/2f new)
 7        Sec. 2f.  Anna Veterans Home capacity.
 8        (a)  The Department finds that the Illinois Veterans Home
 9    at  Anna requires an increase in capacity to better serve the
10    southern region of Illinois and to accommodate the increasing
11    number of Illinois veterans eligible for care.
12        (b)  Subject  to  appropriation,  the  Department   shall
13    increase  by  at  least  40 beds the capacity of the Illinois
14    Veterans Home at Anna and shall request  and  expend  federal
15    grants for this Veterans Home addition.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-634, eff. 8-19-99; 92-671, eff. 7-16-02.)

17        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
18    becoming law.