SB1244eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1244 Engrossed LRB101 10578 AMC 55684 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:

(330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)

Sec. 1.1. When a headstone or memorial marker is provided for a United States War Veteran by the United States Government pursuant to Section 2306 of Title 38 of the United States Code, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to exceed $125 $100 to the next of kin or $125 to the cemetery official responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting the headstone or memorial. However, no such payment shall be made unless a signed application is presented to the Department by the next of kin or cemetery official, along with such other proof of transportation or erection charges as the Department may require. All such applications for payment shall be on forms provided by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)

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