Public Act 101-0317
 
SB1244 EnrolledLRB101 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, subject to appropriation,
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.