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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1069

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1069 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 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
 
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 1    deposit into the Fund.
 2        This Section constitutes an  irrevocable  and  continuing
 3    appropriation  of all amounts transferred under Section 8h of
 4    the State Finance Act and all amounts derived from gifts  and
 5    grants,  including,  without  limitation,  amounts  from  all
 6    private  sources,  in  the Fund to the Department of Military
 7    Affairs for the purpose of making grants under this  Section.
 8    All other amounts in the Fund are subject to appropriation by
 9    the General Assembly.
10    (Source: P.A. 92-886, eff. 2-7-03.)

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

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

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