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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4996
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4996, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Survivors Compensation Act is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | adding Section 4 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (330 ILCS 100/4 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 4. Compensation in connection with deceased veterans | ||||||
| 9 | of the Global War on Terrorism. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The widow or widower, child or children, mother, | ||||||
| 11 | father, persons standing in loco parentis, brothers and | ||||||
| 12 | sisters, in the order named, of any deceased person if (i) that | ||||||
| 13 | person was a resident of Illinois for at least 12 months | ||||||
| 14 | immediately preceding entry into military service and (ii) that | ||||||
| 15 | person's death was service-connected as a result of hostile | ||||||
| 16 | action on or after September 11, 2001 and prior to such time as | ||||||
| 17 | Congress declares such persons ineligible for the Global War on
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| 18 | Terrorism Expeditionary Medal or the Global War on Terrorism | ||||||
| 19 | Service Medal shall be paid $3,000. | ||||||
| 20 | (b) If a preceding beneficiary fails to file a claim of | ||||||
| 21 | compensation after the official notice of death, the Department | ||||||
| 22 | of Veterans' Affairs may accept applications from succeeding | ||||||
| 23 | beneficiaries, and such beneficiaries may then proceed to | ||||||
| 24 | qualify upon submission of satisfactory proof of eligibility. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) No right or claim to compensation under this Section | ||||||
| 2 | may be assigned. | ||||||
| 3 | (d) The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs has | ||||||
| 4 | complete charge and control of the general scheme of payments | ||||||
| 5 | authorized by this Section and shall adopt general rules for | ||||||
| 6 | the making of those payments, for the ascertainment and | ||||||
| 7 | selection of proper beneficiaries and the amount to which those | ||||||
| 8 | beneficiaries are entitled, and for procedure. | ||||||
| 9 | (e) If the person to whom compensation is payable under | ||||||
| 10 | this Section is under legal disability, the compensation shall | ||||||
| 11 | be paid to the person legally vested with the care of the | ||||||
| 12 | legally disabled person under the laws of his or her state of | ||||||
| 13 | residence. If no such person has been so designated for the | ||||||
| 14 | legally disabled person, payment shall be made to the chief | ||||||
| 15 | officer of any hospital or institution under the supervision or | ||||||
| 16 | control of any state or of the Veterans Administration of the | ||||||
| 17 | United States in which the legally disabled person is placed, | ||||||
| 18 | if the officer is authorized to accept moneys for the benefit | ||||||
| 19 | of the incompetent. Any payments so made shall be held or used | ||||||
| 20 | solely for the benefit of the legally disabled person. | ||||||
| 21 | As used in this Section, a person "under legal disability" | ||||||
| 22 | means any person found to be so disabled by a court of | ||||||
| 23 | competent jurisdiction of any state or the District of Columbia | ||||||
| 24 | or by any adjudication officer of the Veterans Administration | ||||||
| 25 | of the United States.
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| 26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 27 | becoming law.".
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