SB1480 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1480

Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 315/3.5

Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act to increase the burial benefit from $10,000 to $20,000.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

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

Section 5. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended by changing Section 3.5 as follows:

(820 ILCS 315/3.5)

Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. A burial benefit of up to a maximum of $20,000 $10,000 shall be payable to the surviving spouse or estate of a law enforcement officer or fireman who is killed in the line of duty on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.

The Attorney General and the Court of Claims may jointly adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 90-577, eff. 1-1-99.)