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| 1 | AN ACT concerning veterans.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Global | ||||||
| 5 | War on Terrorism Veterans Compensation Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Compensation; eligibility. | ||||||
| 7 | (a) Every person who has served on active duty with the | ||||||
| 8 | armed forces of
the United States on or after September 11, | ||||||
| 9 | 2001 and prior to such time as
Congress declares such persons | ||||||
| 10 | ineligible for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal | ||||||
| 11 | or the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal is
entitled to | ||||||
| 12 | receive compensation of $100 for such service if (i) he or she | ||||||
| 13 | had
been a resident of the State of Illinois for at least 12 | ||||||
| 14 | months immediately
preceding the time he or she entered such | ||||||
| 15 | service, (ii) he or she is still in active
service, is | ||||||
| 16 | honorably separated or discharged from such service, has been
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| 17 | furloughed to a reserve, or has been retired, and (iii) he or | ||||||
| 18 | she has received the
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary | ||||||
| 19 | Medal or the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Service in | ||||||
| 20 | the merchant marine is not service in
the armed forces for | ||||||
| 21 | purposes of this Act.
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| 22 | (b) No payment may be made under this Section to any person | ||||||
| 23 | who, though in
such service, did civilian work at civilian pay | ||||||
| 24 | or who has received from
another State a bonus or compensation | ||||||
| 25 | of like nature so provided by this
Act.
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| 26 | Section 10. Relatives of deceased veterans. | ||||||
| 27 | (a) The widow or widower, child or children, mother, | ||||||
| 28 | father, person standing
in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, | ||||||
| 29 | in the order named, of any deceased
person shall be paid the | ||||||
| 30 | compensation to which the deceased person would be
entitled | ||||||
| 31 | under Section 5 of this Act. If the deceased person would have
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| 1 | qualified for compensation under Section 5 except for his or | ||||||
| 2 | her death and his
or her death was connected with such service | ||||||
| 3 | and resulted from such service during
the time period specified | ||||||
| 4 | in Section 5, his or her survivors, in the order named
in this | ||||||
| 5 | Section, shall be paid $1000.
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| 6 | (b) If a preceding beneficiary fails to file a claim for | ||||||
| 7 | compensation
after the official notice of death, the Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Department of Veterans' Affairs may
proceed to process | ||||||
| 9 | applications from succeeding beneficiaries, and those
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| 10 | beneficiaries may then proceed to qualify upon submission of | ||||||
| 11 | satisfactory
proof of eligibility.
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| 12 | Section 15. Assessment of right or claim prohibited. No | ||||||
| 13 | right or claim to compensation under this Act may be assigned. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 20. Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. | ||||||
| 15 | (a) The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs has | ||||||
| 16 | complete charge and control
of the general scheme of payments | ||||||
| 17 | authorized by this Act and shall adopt
general rules for the | ||||||
| 18 | making of those payments, for the ascertainment and
selection | ||||||
| 19 | of proper beneficiaries and the amount to which those
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| 20 | beneficiaries are entitled, and for procedure.
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| 21 | (b) If the person to whom compensation is payable under | ||||||
| 22 | this Act is under
legal disability, the compensation shall be | ||||||
| 23 | paid to the person legally vested with the care of
the legally | ||||||
| 24 | disabled person under the laws of his or her state
of | ||||||
| 25 | residence. If no such
person has been so designated for the | ||||||
| 26 | legally disabled person,
payment shall be made to
the chief | ||||||
| 27 | officer of any hospital or institution under the supervision or
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| 28 | control of any state or of the Veterans Administration of the | ||||||
| 29 | United States
in which the legally disabled person is placed, | ||||||
| 30 | if
the officer is authorized to
accept moneys for the benefit | ||||||
| 31 | of the incompetent. Any payments so made
shall be held or used | ||||||
| 32 | solely for the benefit of the legally disabled person.
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| 33 | (c) As used in this Section, a person "under legal
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| 34 | disability" means any person
found to be so disabled by a court | ||||||
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| 1 | of competent jurisdiction
of any state
or the District of | ||||||
| 2 | Columbia or by any adjudication officer of the Veterans
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| 3 | Administration of the United States.
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| 4 | Section 25. Application for compensation. Any application | ||||||
| 5 | for compensation under this Act must be made to the Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.
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