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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by
5changing Section 1.1 as follows:
 
6    (330 ILCS 110/1.1)  (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
7    Sec. 1.1. When a headstone or memorial marker is provided
8for a United States War Veteran by the United States Government
9pursuant to Section 2306 of Title 38 of the United States Code,
10the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to
11exceed $125 $100 to the next of kin or $125 to the cemetery
12official responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting
13the headstone or memorial. However, no such payment shall be
14made unless a signed application is presented to the Department
15by the next of kin or cemetery official, along with such other
16proof of transportation or erection charges as the Department
17may require. All such applications for payment shall be on
18forms provided by the Department.
19(Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.