HB4996sam001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

Filed: 4/28/2004

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4996

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4996 on page 3, after line 6, by inserting the following:

"Section 90. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 22-9 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1805/22-9)

Sec. 22-9. Power to make grants from the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Military Affairs shall have the power to make grants from the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, to single persons who are members of the Illinois National Guard or Illinois residents who are members of the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and who have been called to active duty as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and to families of persons who are members of the Illinois National Guard or Illinois residents who are members of the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and who have been called to active duty as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Department of Military Affairs shall establish eligibility criteria for the grants by rule.

In addition to amounts transferred into the Fund under Section 510 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, the State Treasurer shall accept and deposit into the Fund all gifts, grants, transfers, appropriations, and other amounts from any legal source, public or private, that are designated for deposit into the Fund.

(Source: P.A. 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-506, eff. 8-11-03.)".