101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1480

 

Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 315/3.5

    Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act to increase the burial benefit from $10,000 to $20,000.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended by
5changing Section 3.5 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 315/3.5)
7    Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. A burial benefit of up to a
8maximum of $20,000 $10,000 shall be payable to the surviving
9spouse or estate of a law enforcement officer or fireman who is
10killed in the line of duty on or after the effective date of
11this amendatory Act of 1997.
12    The Attorney General and the Court of Claims may jointly
13adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of this
14Section.
15(Source: P.A. 90-577, eff. 1-1-99.)