HB5601 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5601

Introduced , by Rep. Michael Unes

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

330 ILCS 65/3

from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 60

Amends the Disabled Veterans Housing Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt general rules for determining the question of whether an applicant was a resident of this State at the time he or she entered the service or was discharged while being a resident of this State (rather than whether an applicant was a resident of this State at the time he entered the service), and shall prescribe by rule the nature of the proof to be submitted to establish the fact of residence.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning military service.

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

Section 5. The Disabled Veterans Housing Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(330 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 60)

Sec. 3. Application for assistance under this Act shall be made by the veteran to the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs and shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the veteran has been approved by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for assistance in acquiring a suitable dwelling unit or in remodeling a dwelling not adapted to the requirements of his disability. The application shall contain such information as will enable the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs to determine the amount of assistance to which the veteran is entitled. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt general rules for determining the question of whether an applicant was a resident of this State at the time he or she entered the service or was discharged while being a resident of this State, and shall prescribe by rule the nature of the proof to be submitted to establish the fact of residence. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt guidelines for determining types of remodeling and adaptations which are reasonably necessary because of a veteran's disability, for a veteran eligible for assistance under Section 2.1 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 82-894.)