102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5853

 

Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Requires the commander, quartermaster, or commandant of any veteran service organization or the superintendent of any county Veterans Assistance Commission to annually report to the president or chairperson of the county board certain transactions of the veteran service organization or Veterans Assistance Commission. Provides that delegates and alternates selected and duly appointed to sit on a county's Veterans Assistance Commission shall begin their term of office with full voting rights. Provides that all undertakings of, or actions taken by, the Veterans Assistance Commission shall require a vote from a majority of the full commission membership. Provides that any delegate or alternate selected, appointed, or hired to serve as the superintendent or as any other officer or employee of the Veterans Assistance Commission must immediately give up the position of delegate or alternate. Provides that the superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission is an at-will employee. Contains provisions concerning the annual evaluations of the superintendent; voting requirements to remove a superintendent; and other matters. Requires each Veterans Assistance Commission to establish and maintain bylaws, perform an annual audit, and other matters. Permits the Attorney General to conduct investigations and commence civil actions to enforce the Act. Sets forth provisions concerning recovery amounts and civil penalties. Contains provisions concerning superintendent vacancies; and county benefits and services for Veterans Assistance Commission employees. Limits home rule powers. Makes other changes. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a portion of the proceeds of any property tax levied by a county shall be used for the authorized reimbursement of any officer or employee of the Veterans Assistance Commission. Effective January 1, 2023.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning veterans.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-2006 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-2006)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2006)
7    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-732)
8    Sec. 5-2006. Tax for Veterans Assistance Commission. The
9county board of each county having a population of less than 3
10million in which there is a Veterans Assistance Commission as
11provided in Section 9 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act
12may levy a tax of not to exceed .03% of the assessed value
13annually on all taxable property of the county, for the
14purpose of providing assistance to military veterans and their
15families pursuant to such Act. Whenever not less than 10% of
16the electors of the county petition the county board to levy
17the tax at not to exceed .04% of the assessed value, the county
18board shall certify the proposition to the proper election
19officials who shall submit the proposition at the next general
20election in accordance with the general election law. If a
21majority of the electors vote in favor of the proposition, the
22county board may, annually, levy the tax as authorized. The
23proceeds of any tax so levied shall be used exclusively for the

 

 

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1assistance purposes authorized thereunder, and a portion
2thereof may be expended for the salaries or expenses of any
3officers or employees of the Veterans Assistance Commission,
4for the authorized reimbursement of any officer or employee of
5the Veterans Assistance Commission, as provided in Section 10
6of the Military Veterans Assistance Act, or for any other
7expenses incident to the administration of such assistance.
8    The tax shall be separate from all other taxes which the
9county is authorized to levy on the aggregate valuation of the
10property within the county and shall not be included in any tax
11limitation of the rate upon which taxes are required to be
12extended, but shall be excluded therefrom and in addition
13thereto. The tax shall be levied and collected in like manner
14as the general taxes of the county, and, when collected, shall
15be paid into a special fund in the county treasury and used
16only as herein authorized, or disbursed from the county
17treasury of a county in which a properly organized Veterans
18Assistance Commission is authorized under Section 3-11008 of
19this Code.
20    The limitations on tax rates herein provided may be
21increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the
22General Revenue Law of Illinois.
23    If a county has levied the tax herein authorized or
24otherwise meets the conditions set out in Section 12-21.13 of
25the Illinois Public Aid Code, to qualify for State funds to
26supplement local funds for public purposes under Articles III,

 

 

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1IV, V, VI, and IX of that Code and otherwise meets the
2conditions set out in Article XII of that Code for receipt of
3State aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services shall
4allocate and pay to the county such additional sums as it
5determines to be necessary to meet the needs of assistance to
6military veterans and their families in the county and
7expenses incident to the administration of such assistance. In
8counties where a Veterans Assistance Commission has been
9properly created, those County Veterans Assistance Commissions
10shall be in charge of the administration of such assistance
11provided under the Illinois Public Aid Code for military
12veterans and their families.
13(Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
14    Section 10. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is
15amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10 and by adding
16Sections 9.1, 9.2, and 12 as follows:
 
17    (330 ILCS 45/1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3081)
18    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-732)
19    Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
20    "Veteran service organization" means a post, ship, camp,
21chapter, or detachment of a congressionally chartered or state
22chartered organization that (i) is formed by and for veterans,
23(ii) has a paid membership of at least 15 individuals, and
24(iii) provides responsible aid, assistance, or services to the

 

 

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1veteran community.
2    "Administrator of military veterans assistance" means the
3commanders of the various veteran service organizations, the
4superintendent of a County Veterans Assistance Commission, or
5other persons whose duty it is, under the existing statutes,
6to care for, relieve or maintain, wholly or in part, any person
7who may be entitled to such assistance under the statutes of
8the State of Illinois. This Act shall not infringe upon the
9mandated powers and authorities vested in the Illinois
10Department of Veterans' Affairs.
11(Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
12    (330 ILCS 45/2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3082)
13    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-732)
14    Sec. 2. The purpose of this Act is, in part, to provide, in
15accordance with this Section, For the just and , necessary,
16and needed assistance and services to of military veterans,
17who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and whose
18last discharge from the service was honorable or general under
19honorable conditions to be eligible for assistance, to their
20families, and to the families of deceased veterans with
21service as described in this Section who need such assistance
22and services. The following actions shall be taken in support
23of that purpose:
24        (1) The supervisor of general assistance or the county
25    board shall provide such sums of money as may be just and

 

 

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1    necessary to be drawn by the commander, quartermaster or
2    commandant of any veterans service organization, in the
3    city or town, or the superintendent of any Veterans'
4    Assistance Commission of the county, upon the
5    recommendation of the assistance committee of that
6    veterans service organization or Veterans' Assistance
7    Commission.
8            (A) Funding for Veterans Assistance Commissions
9        may be derived from 3 sources, if applicable:
10                (i) a tax levied under Section 5-2006 of the
11            Counties Code and Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois
12            Public Aid Code;
13                (ii) funds from the county general corporate
14            fund; and
15                (iii) State funds from the Department of Human
16            Services.
17            (B) The minimum amount to be provided annually to
18        Veterans Assistance Commissions is provided in Section
19        12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, unless the
20        delegates of the County Veterans Assistance Commission
21        determine that a lesser amount covers the just and
22        necessary sums.
23        (2) If any supervisor of general assistance or county
24    board fails or refuses after such recommendation to
25    provide just and necessary sums of money for such
26    assistance, then the veteran service organization or the

 

 

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1    superintendent of any Veterans' Assistance Commission
2    located in the district of such supervisor of general
3    assistance or such county board shall apply to the circuit
4    court of the district or county for relief by mandamus
5    upon the supervisor of general assistance or county board
6    requiring him, her or it to pay, or to appropriate and pay
7    such sums of money, and upon proof made of the justice and
8    necessity of the claim, the circuit court shall grant the
9    sums so requested.
10        (3) Such sums of money shall be drawn in the manner now
11    provided under Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code and
12    Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Orders
13    of commanders, quartermasters, commandants, or
14    superintendents of those veterans service organizations or
15    those Veterans' Assistance Commissions shall be proper
16    warrants for the expenditure of such sums of money.
17(Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
18    (330 ILCS 45/8)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3088)
19    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-732)
20    Sec. 8. The commander, quartermaster, or commandant of any
21veteran service organization or the superintendent of any
22county Veterans' Assistance Commission of Illinois shall
23annually report to the Governor, on or before the first day of
24January of each year, such portions of the transactions of the
25aforementioned veteran service organization or Veterans

 

 

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1Assistance Commission relating thereto as the commander or
2superintendent may deem to be of interest to that organization
3and the people of the State. A copy of that report shall be
4provided to the president or chairperson of the county board
5and shall be made publicly available online.
6(Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
7    (330 ILCS 45/9)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3089)
8    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-732)
9    Sec. 9. Veterans Assistance Commission.
10    (a) In counties having 2 or more veteran service
11organizations as may be recognized by law, the veteran service
12organizations may come together to form a Veterans Assistance
13Commission of such county. The Veterans Assistance Commission
14of such county may act as the central service office for all
15veterans and their families and for the families of deceased
16veterans. The Commission shall be composed of delegates and
17alternates from a majority of such veteran service
18organizations selected annually as determined by each veteran
19service organization. When so organized a Commission shall be
20clothed with all the powers and may be charged with all the
21duties theretofore devolving upon the different veteran
22service organizations within the county as provided in Section
232.
24        (1) Every January 1, all Veterans Assistance
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1    organization within their respective county calling on
2    them to select delegates and alternates for that county's
3    Veterans Assistance Commission by the methods provided in
4    this subsection. The Veterans Assistance Commissions shall
5    allow each veteran service organization until March 1 to
6    respond, at which time those selected and duly appointed
7    delegates and alternates shall begin their term of office
8    with full voting rights.
9        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), veteran
10    service organizations shall be permitted to select one
11    delegate and one alternate.
12        (3) In counties with 5 or more of the same veteran
13    service organizations, all the constituent veteran service
14    organizations shall be permitted to select up to 5
15    delegates and 5 alternates a single delegate and single
16    alternate to represent that veteran service organization
17    instead of each constituent veteran service organization
18    selecting one delegate and one alternate. For the purposes
19    of meeting the majority requirement of this subsection,
20    when the constituent groups of a veteran service
21    organization choose to select those delegates and
22    alternates, those selected and duly appointed delegates
23    and alternates a single delegate and single alternate, the
24    single delegate and single alternate shall represent the
25    aggregate percentage of the constituent groups.
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1    one county, then it shall be permitted to select one
2    delegate and one alternate for the Veterans Assistance
3    Commission in each county in which at least 25% of its
4    members reside.
5        (5) All undertakings of, or actions taken by, the
6    Commission shall require a vote from a majority of the
7    full commission membership. No committee or other subgroup
8    of delegates and alternates formed by the Commission,
9    whether selected or appointed, may be granted the power or
10    authority to act in the place of or on behalf of the full
11    body of the duly selected or appointed Commission
12    membership.
13        (6) Any delegate or alternate selected, appointed, or
14    hired to serve as the superintendent or as any other
15    officer or employee of the Veterans Assistance Commission
16    must give up the position of delegate or alternate
17    immediately. No employee of the Veterans Assistance
18    Commission may retain the position of delegate or
19    alternate or any voting rights while employed by the
20    Veterans Assistance Commission.
21        (7) No committee or other subgroup of delegates and
22    alternates formed by the Commission, whether selected or
23    appointed, may bar any other duly appointed Commission
24    member from attending or otherwise being present during
25    any closed meetings or sessions of that committee or
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1        (8) The county may, at its discretion, appoint a
2    representative to the Commission who may attend any public
3    meeting of the Commission. That representative shall be a
4    veteran, may not have voting rights, may not hold any
5    office or title on the Commission, and may not be present
6    during any nonpublic meeting of the Commission.
7    (b) The Commission and its selected or appointed
8superintendent shall have oversight of the distribution of all
9moneys and supplies appropriated for the benefit of military
10veterans and their families, subject to such rules,
11regulations, administrative procedures or audit reviews as are
12required by this Act and as are necessary as approved by the
13Commission to carry out the spirit and intent of this Act. No
14warrant authorized under this Act may be issued for the
15payment of money without the presentation of an itemized
16statement or claim, approved by the superintendent of the
17Commission.
18    (c) The superintendent of the Veterans Assistance
19Commission, selected, appointed, or hired by the Commission is
20an at-will employee who shall be answerable to, and shall
21report to, the Commission.
22    (d) The superintendent shall be evaluated annually and a
23written report shall be generated. A copy of the report from
24the evaluation shall be provided to the entire Commission
25membership.
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1delegates from no less than 3 different veteran service
2organizations file a written request calling for the
3superintendent's removal, there is a vote from a majority of
4the full Commission membership in favor of such removal.
5    (f) Each Veterans Assistance Commission shall establish
6and maintain bylaws that outline the framework, policies, and
7procedures for conducting the business of the Commission and
8for the rules and regulations that apply to its members. Those
9bylaws shall reflect compliance with all relevant laws at the
10time they are established and shall be revised as necessary to
11remain in compliance with current law. The establishment of
12those bylaws, and any revisions thereafter, shall require a
13minimum two-thirds majority vote of approval from a majority
14of the full Commission membership.
15    (g) Each Veterans Assistance Commission shall, in writing,
16adopt all applicable policies already established and in place
17in its respective county, including policies related to
18compensation and employee rights, and shall adapt those
19policies to fit its organizational structure. Those policies
20shall then be considered the policies of the Veterans
21Assistance Commission and they shall be implemented and
22adhered to, accordingly, by the superintendent and by the
23Commission.
24    (h) No warrant authorized under this Act may be issued for
25the payment of money without the presentation of an itemized
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1Commission and reported to the full Commission membership.
2    (i) Each Veterans Assistance Commission shall perform an
3annual audit in accordance with the Governmental Account Audit
4Act using either the auditing services provided by its
5respective county or the services of an independent auditor
6whose services shall be paid for by the Commission. A copy of
7that audit report shall be provided to the president or
8chairperson of the county board.
9    (j) Veterans Assistance Commissions and county boards
10subject to this Act shall cooperate fully with the boards,
11commissions, agencies, departments, and institutions of the
12State. The funds held and made available by the county, the
13State, or any other source shall be subject to financial and
14compliance audits in accordance with the Illinois State
15Auditing Act.
16    (k) (c) The Veterans Assistance Commission shall be in
17charge of the administration of any benefits provided under
18Articles VI and IX of the Illinois Public Aid Code for military
19veterans and their families.
20    (l) The Veterans Assistance Commission shall represent
21veterans in their application for or attempts to obtain
22benefits and services through State and federal agencies,
23including representing veterans in their appeals of adverse
24decisions.
25    (m) The superintendent of the Veterans Assistance
26Commission and its employees must comply with the procedures

 

 

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1and regulations adopted by the Veterans Assistance Commission
2and the regulations of the Department of Human Services.
3    (n) To further the intent of this Act of assisting
4military veterans, this Act is to be construed so that the
5Veterans Assistance Commission shall provide needed services
6to eligible veterans.
7(Source: P.A. 102-484, eff. 8-20-21; 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
8    (330 ILCS 45/9.1 new)
9    Sec. 9.1. Violations.
10    (a) If the Attorney General has reasonable cause to
11believe that there is or has been a violation of Section 8 or 9
12or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 10, then the Attorney
13General may commence a civil action in the name of the People
14of the State to enforce the provisions of this Act in any
15appropriate circuit court. The court, in its discretion, may
16exercise all powers necessary, including, but not limited to:
17injunction; mandamus; revocation; forfeiture or suspension of
18any funding, rights, privileges, responsibilities, or support,
19as deemed necessary to ensure compliance; and any other action
20the court may deem appropriate.
21    (b) Prior to initiating a civil action, the Attorney
22General shall conduct a preliminary investigation to determine
23whether there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation
24is being or has been committed and whether the dispute can be
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1the Attorney General may:
2        (1) require the individual, group, or entity to file a
3    statement or report in writing under oath or otherwise, as
4    to all information the Attorney General may consider
5    necessary;
6        (2) examine under oath any person alleged to have
7    participated in or with knowledge of the alleged
8    violation;
9        (3) issue subpoenas or conduct hearings in aid of any
10    investigation; or
11        (4) examine any record, book, document, account, or
12    paper as the Attorney General may consider necessary.
13    (c) Service by the Attorney General of any notice
14requiring a person to file a statement or report, or of a
15subpoena upon any person, shall be made:
16        (1) personally by delivery of a duly executed copy
17    thereof to the person to be served or, if a person is not a
18    natural person, in the manner provided by the Code of
19    Civil Procedure when a complaint is filed; or
20        (2) by mailing by certified mail a duly executed copy
21    thereof to the person to be served at the person's last
22    known abode or principal place of business within this
23    State.
24    (d) Whenever any person fails to comply with any subpoena
25issued under this Section or whenever satisfactory copying or
26reproduction of any material requested in an investigation

 

 

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1cannot be done and the person refuses to surrender the
2material, the Attorney General may file in any appropriate
3circuit court, and serve upon the person, a petition for a
4court order for the enforcement of the subpoena or other
5request.
6    Any person who has received a subpoena issued under
7subsection (b) may file in the appropriate circuit court, and
8serve upon the Attorney General, a petition for a court order
9to modify or set aside the subpoena or other request. The
10petition must be filed either: (1) within 20 days after the
11date of service of the subpoena or at any time before the
12return date specified in the subpoena, whichever date is
13earlier, or (2) within a longer period as may be prescribed in
14writing by the Attorney General.
15    The petition shall specify each ground upon which the
16petitioner relies in seeking relief under this subsection and
17may be based upon any failure of the subpoena to comply with
18the provisions of this Section or upon any constitutional or
19other legal right or privilege of the petitioner. During the
20pendency of the petition in the court, the court may stay, as
21it deems proper, the running of the time allowed for
22compliance with the subpoena or other request, in whole or in
23part, except that the petitioner shall comply with any portion
24of the subpoena or other request not sought to be modified or
25set aside.
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1General may accept an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with
2respect to any violation of the Act from any person or entity
3who has engaged in, is engaging in, or was about to engage in
4such violation. Evidence of a violation of an Assurance of
5Voluntary Compliance shall be prima facie evidence of a
6violation of this Act in any subsequent proceeding brought by
7the Attorney General against the alleged violator.
 
8    (330 ILCS 45/9.2 new)
9    Sec. 9.2. Remedies.
10    (a) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe
11that any person, group, or entity is violating, has violated,
12or is about to violate Section 8 or 9 or subsection (a), (b),
13or (c) of Section 10, the Attorney General may bring an action
14in the name of the People of the State against the person,
15group, or entity to restrain by preliminary or permanent
16injunction the use of any practice that violates Section 8 or 9
17or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 10. In such an
18action, the court may award restitution to recoup the loss of
19moneys set aside to provide services to veterans or any other
20relief that the court deems proper.
21    (b) In addition, the court may assess a civil penalty not
22to exceed $5,000 for each violation of Section 8 or 9 or
23subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 10.
24    (c) In any action brought under the provisions of Section
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1Attorney General is entitled to recover costs.
2    (d) If a court orders a party to make payments to the
3Attorney General and the payments are to be used for the
4operations of the Office of the Attorney General or a party
5agrees, in an out-of-court settlement, to make payment to the
6Attorney General for the operations of the Office of the
7Attorney General, then moneys shall be deposited into the
8Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance
9Payment Projects Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used,
10subject to appropriation, for the performance of any function
11pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney
12General, including, but not limited to, enforcement of any law
13of this State and conducting public education programs.
14However, any moneys in the Fund that are required by the court
15or by an agreement to be used for a particular purpose shall be
16used for that purpose.
 
17    (330 ILCS 45/10)  (from Ch. 23, par. 3090)
18    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-732)
19    Sec. 10. Superintendents and counties.
20    (a) The executive powers of the Commission shall be vested
21in a superintendent selected or appointed elected by a vote
22from a majority of the full Commission membership and who
23shall have received an honorable discharge from the armed
24forces of the United States.
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1long-term or temporarily, at the next regularly scheduled full
2Commission meeting or within 30 days at a specially convened
3meeting, whichever comes sooner, and shall be selected by a
4vote from a majority of the full Commission membership.
5    (c) Any individual who may be tasked with assuming the
6duties of or may be vested with the executive powers of a
7superintendent, whether as acting or interim superintendent,
8must be selected or appointed by a vote from a majority of the
9full Commission membership and must have received an honorable
10discharge from the armed forces of the United States.
11    (d) The designated superintendent of the Veterans
12Assistance Commission of the county shall, under the direction
13of the Commission, have charge of and maintain an office in the
14county building or a central location within the county, to be
15used solely by the Commission for providing the just,
16necessary, and needed services mandated by law.
17    (e) The county shall provide for the funding of the office
18and shall provide furnish all necessary furnishings, supplies,
19and services, including, but not limited to, human resources
20and payroll support; information technology services and
21equipment; telephone services and equipment; printing services
22and equipment; postage costs; and liability insurance
23telephone, printing, stationery, and postage therefor.
24    (f) The county shall also provide to the employees of the
25Commission all benefits available to county employees,
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1Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund; health, life, and dental
2insurance; and workers compensation insurance. Employer
3contributions and costs for these benefits, services, and
4coverages may come from Commission funds.
5    (g) The county board shall, in any county where a Veterans
6Assistance Commission is organized, in addition to sums
7appropriated for these just, necessary, and needed services as
8provided by law and approved by the Commission under this Act,
9appropriate such additional sums, upon recommendation of the
10Veterans Assistance Commission, to properly compensate the
11officers and employees required to administer such assistance.
12The county board shall also provide funds to the Commission to
13reimburse the superintendent, officers, delegates and
14employees for certain expenses which are approved by the
15Commission. The superintendent and other employees shall be
16employees of the Veterans Assistance Commission, and no
17provision in this Section or elsewhere in this Act shall be
18construed to mean that they are employees of the county.
19    (h) Superintendents, subject to rules formulated by the
20Commission, shall select, as far as possible, Veteran Service
21Officers and other employees from among military veterans,
22including those who have served or may still be serving as
23members of the Illinois National Guard or a reserve component
24of the armed forces of the United States, who did not receive a
25bad conduct or dishonorable discharge or other equivalent
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1children.
2    (i) The In a county with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
3the superintendent may, in conformance with subsection (f) of
4Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code, request legal assistance
5from the State's Attorney serving the county in which the
6Veterans Assistance Commission is located, an opinion upon any
7question of law relating to a matter in which the county
8Veterans Assistance Commission may be concerned. With regard
9to matters involving Section 8 or 9 or subsection (a), (b), or
10(c) of Section 10, the State's Attorney shall confer with the
11Office of the Attorney General before rendering an opinion.
12    (j) Superintendents of all counties subject to this Act,
13when required by the Commission, shall give bond in the sum of
14$2,000 for the faithful performance of their duties.
15    (k) All persons elected or selected or appointed to fill
16positions provided for in this Section shall be exempt from
17the operation and provisions of any civil service act or laws
18of this State, and the secretary of the Commission shall be
19appointed by the superintendent.
20(Source: P.A. 102-56, eff. 7-9-21; 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
21    (330 ILCS 45/12 new)
22    Sec. 12. Home rule. A home rule unit may not operate, act,
23or fail to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the
24provisions of this Act. This Section is a limitation under
25subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois

 

 

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1Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
2powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
3    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
41, 2023.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    55 ILCS 5/5-2006from Ch. 34, par. 5-2006
4    330 ILCS 45/1from Ch. 23, par. 3081
5    330 ILCS 45/2from Ch. 23, par. 3082
6    330 ILCS 45/8from Ch. 23, par. 3088
7    330 ILCS 45/9from Ch. 23, par. 3089
8    330 ILCS 45/9.1 new
9    330 ILCS 45/9.2 new
10    330 ILCS 45/10from Ch. 23, par. 3090
11    330 ILCS 45/12 new