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Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
Filed: 4/28/2004
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09300HB4996sam001 |
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LRB093 19385 DRJ 50224 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4996
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4996 on page 3, |
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| after line 6, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 90. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by |
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| changing Section 22-9 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1805/22-9)
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| Sec. 22-9. Power to make grants from the Illinois Military
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| Family Relief Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Department of |
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| Military
Affairs shall have the power to make grants from the |
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| Illinois Military
Family Relief Fund, a special fund created in |
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| the State treasury, to single persons who are members of the |
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| Illinois National Guard or Illinois residents who are members |
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| of the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and |
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| who have been called to active duty as a result of the |
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| September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and to families
of persons |
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| who are members of the Illinois National Guard or Illinois |
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| residents
who are members of the reserves of the armed forces |
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| of the United States and
who have been called to active duty as |
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| a result of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks. The |
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| Department of Military Affairs shall establish
eligibility |
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| criteria for the grants by rule.
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| In addition to amounts transferred into the Fund under |
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| Section 510 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act, the State Treasurer |
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| shall accept and deposit into the
Fund all gifts, grants,
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