Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
Filed: 5/12/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4996




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4996, AS AMENDED, by 
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replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Military Code of Illinois is amended  by 
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changing Section 22-9 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 1805/22-9)



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    Sec. 22-9. Power to make grants from the Illinois Military

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Family Relief Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Department of 
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Military
Affairs shall have the power to make grants from the 
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Illinois Military
Family Relief Fund, a special fund created in 
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the State treasury, to single persons who are members of the 
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Illinois National Guard or Illinois residents who are members 
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of the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and 
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who have been called to active duty as a result of the 
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September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and to families
of persons 
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who are members of the Illinois National Guard or Illinois 
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residents
who are members of the reserves of the armed forces 
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of the United States and
who have been called to active duty as 
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a result of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks. The 
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Department of Military Affairs shall establish
eligibility 
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criteria for the grants by rule.

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    In addition to amounts transferred into the Fund under 
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Section 510 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act, the State Treasurer 
 


 






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shall accept and deposit into the
Fund all gifts, grants,

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transfers, appropriations, and other amounts
from any legal 
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source, public or private, that are
designated for deposit into 
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the Fund.

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(Source: P.A. 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-506, eff. 8-11-03.)

 
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    Section 10. The Survivors Compensation Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 4 as follows:
 
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    (330 ILCS 100/4  new)
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    Sec. 4. Compensation in connection with deceased veterans 
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of the Global War on Terrorism.
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    (a) The widow or widower, child or children, mother, 
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father, persons standing in loco parentis, brothers and 
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sisters, in the order named, of any deceased person if (i) that 
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person was a resident of Illinois for at least 12 months 
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immediately preceding entry into military service and (ii) that 
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person's death was service-connected as a result of hostile 
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action on or after September 11, 2001 and prior to such time as 
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Congress declares such persons ineligible for the Global War on

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Terrorism Expeditionary Medal or the Global War on Terrorism 
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Service Medal shall be paid $3,000.
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    (b) If a preceding beneficiary fails to file a claim of 
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compensation after the official notice of death, the Department 
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of Veterans' Affairs may accept applications from succeeding 
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beneficiaries, and such beneficiaries may then proceed to 
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qualify upon submission of satisfactory proof of eligibility.
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    (c) No right or claim to compensation under this Section 
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may be assigned.
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    (d) The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs has 
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complete charge and control of the general scheme of payments 
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authorized by this Section and shall adopt general rules for 
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the making of those payments, for the ascertainment and 
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selection of proper beneficiaries and the amount to which those 
 


 






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beneficiaries are entitled, and for procedure.
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    (e) If the person to whom compensation is payable under 
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this Section is under legal disability, the compensation shall 
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be paid to the person legally vested with the care of the 
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legally disabled person under the laws of his or her state of 
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residence. If no such person has been so designated for the 
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legally disabled person, payment shall be made to the chief 
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officer of any hospital or institution under the supervision or 
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control of any state or of the Veterans Administration of the 
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United States in which the legally disabled person is placed, 
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if the officer is authorized to accept moneys for the benefit 
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of the incompetent. Any payments so made shall be held or used 
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solely for the benefit of the legally disabled person.
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    As used in this Section, a person "under legal disability" 
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means any person found to be so disabled by a court of 
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competent jurisdiction of any state or the District of Columbia 
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or by any adjudication officer of the Veterans Administration 
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of the United States.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".