HB6130 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6130

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

330 ILCS 65/1

from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 58

Amends the Disabled Veterans Housing Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning eligibility for certain services.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning veterans.

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

Section 5. The Disabled Veterans Housing Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(330 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 58)

Sec. 1. Eligibility for assistance. Any veteran of the military or naval service of the United States who was a resident of this State at the time he or she entered such service and who has been approved by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for assistance under Chapter 21 of Title 38, United States Code, as now or hereafter amended, shall be entitled to receive assistance under this Act for the purpose of acquiring within this State or without this State, where due to service-connected disabilities and upon the advice or recommendation of a duly recognized physician of the Veterans Administration in order to protect the health of the veteran, such veteran cannot reside in this State, a suitable dwelling unit with special fixtures or movable facilities made necessary by the veteran's permanent and total service-connected disability.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 650.)