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 1        AN ACT concerning finance.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 3.  The Military Code of Illinois is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 22-9 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1805/22-9)
 7        Sec.  22-9.  Power  to  make  grants  from  the  Illinois
 8    Military  Family  Relief  Fund. Subject to appropriation, The
 9    Department of Military Affairs shall have the power  to  make
10    grants  from  the  Illinois  Military  Family  Relief Fund, a
11    special fund created in the State treasury,  to  families  of
12    persons  who  are  members  of the Illinois National Guard or
13    Illinois residents who are members of  the  reserves  of  the
14    armed forces of the United States and who have been called to
15    active  duty  as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
16    attacks. The Department of Military Affairs  shall  establish
17    eligibility criteria for the grants by rule.
18        In  addition  to  amounts transferred into the Fund under
19    Section 510  of  the  Illinois  Income  Tax  Act,  the  State
20    Treasurer  shall  accept and deposit into the Fund all gifts,
21    grants, transfers, appropriations, and other amounts from any
22    legal source, public or  private,  that  are  designated  for
23    deposit into the Fund.
24        This  Section  constitutes  an irrevocable and continuing
25    appropriation of all amounts transferred under Section 8h  of
26    the  State Finance Act and all amounts derived from gifts and
27    grants,  including,  without  limitation,  amounts  from  all
28    private sources, in the Fund to the  Department  of  Military
29    Affairs  for the purpose of making grants under this Section.
30    All other amounts in the Fund are subject to appropriation by
31    the General Assembly.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 92-886, eff. 2-7-03.)

 2        Section 5.  the State Finance Act is  amended  by  adding
 3    Section 8h as follows:

 4        (30 ILCS 105/8h new)
 5        Sec.  8h.  Transfers between the Communications Revolving
 6    Fund and the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund. The  State
 7    Comptroller  shall  order transferred and the Treasurer shall
 8    transfer, on  March  31,  2003  or  as  soon  as  practicable
 9    thereafter,  the  amount  of $300,000 from the Communications
10    Revolving Fund to the Illinois Military Family  Relief  Fund.
11    Beginning  on July 1, 2004, the State Comptroller shall order
12    transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer, on the last day
13    of each month, an amount equal to 50% of that day's beginning
14    balance in the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund from  the
15    Illinois  Military  Family  Relief Fund to the Communications
16    Revolving Fund. These  transfers  shall  continue  until  the
17    cumulative  total  of  transfers  executed  from the Illinois
18    Military Family Relief Fund to the  Communications  Revolving
19    Fund equals $300,000.

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