Full Text of SB2532 99th General Assembly
SB2532ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia Filed: 5/3/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2532
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2532 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 9 as follows:
| 6 | | (330 ILCS 45/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3089)
| 7 | | Sec. 9. Veterans Assistance Commission. | 8 | | (a) In counties having 2 or more posts, camps, chapters or | 9 | | detachments
of military veterans organizations as may be | 10 | | recognized by law, a central
assistance committee may be | 11 | | organized to be known as the Veterans
Assistance Commission of | 12 | | such county, composed of delegates one delegate and alternates | 13 | | one
alternate from a majority each of such posts, camps, units, | 14 | | and chapters or ship
selected annually as determined by each | 15 | | post, ship, camp, or
chapter. When so organized a commission | 16 | | shall be clothed with all the
powers and charged with all the |
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| 1 | | duties theretofore devolving upon the
different posts and | 2 | | chapters as provided in Section 2.
| 3 | | (1) Beginning on January 1, 2017, and every January 1 | 4 | | thereafter, all Veterans Assistance Commissions shall | 5 | | publish a notice to each post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, | 6 | | or detachment of a military veterans organization within | 7 | | their respective county calling on them to select delegates | 8 | | and alternates for that county's Veterans Assistance | 9 | | Commission by the methods provided in this subsection. The | 10 | | Veterans Assistance Commissions shall allow each post, | 11 | | camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment of a military | 12 | | veterans organization 60 days to respond. | 13 | | (2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), | 14 | | posts, camps, units, chapters, ships, or detachments of a | 15 | | military veterans organization shall be permitted to | 16 | | select one delegate and one alternate. | 17 | | (3) In counties with 5 or more posts, camps, units, | 18 | | chapters, ships, or detachments of the same military | 19 | | veterans organization, all the constituent posts, camps, | 20 | | units, chapters, ships, or detachments of such military | 21 | | organizations shall be permitted to select a single | 22 | | delegate and single alternate to represent that military | 23 | | veterans organization instead of each constituent post, | 24 | | camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment selecting one | 25 | | delegate and one alternate. For the purposes of meeting the | 26 | | majority requirement of this subsection, when the |
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| 1 | | constituent groups of a military veterans organization | 2 | | choose to select a single delegate and single alternate, | 3 | | the single delegate and single alternate shall represent | 4 | | the aggregate percentage of the constituent groups. | 5 | | (b) The Commission superintendent and the president or | 6 | | chairman of the
county board, or some other county officer | 7 | | appointed by him, shall have
general oversight of the | 8 | | distribution of all moneys and supplies
appropriated by the | 9 | | county for the benefit of military veterans and
their families, | 10 | | subject to such rules, regulations, administrative
procedures | 11 | | or audit reviews as are necessary as approved by the county
| 12 | | board to carry out the spirit and intent of this Act. No | 13 | | warrant authorized
under this Act may be issued for the payment | 14 | | of money without the
presentation of an itemized statement or | 15 | | claim, approved by the
superintendent of the Commission.
| 16 | | If general assistance funds are allocated to a county for | 17 | | assistance to
military veterans and their families as provided | 18 | | in the Illinois
Public Aid Code, the administration of such | 19 | | funds and of county tax funds
levied for such purpose as | 20 | | provided in Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code
shall be | 21 | | subject to the supervision of the Department of Human
Services | 22 | | in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Public Aid | 23 | | Code. The
superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission | 24 | | must comply with the
procedures and regulations adopted by the | 25 | | Veterans Assistance Commission
and the regulations of the | 26 | | Department of Human Services. To further
the intent of this Act |
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| 1 | | of assisting military veterans, this Act is to be
construed so | 2 | | that the Veterans Assistance Commission shall provide needed
| 3 | | services to eligible veterans.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.".
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