Bill Text: IL HB4733 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Act. In provisions concerning scholarships for the children of veterans, provides that an honorary scholarship may also be given to the children of persons who served at any time during the invasion of Panama between December 20, 1989 and January 31, 1990.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 14-5)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-24 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio [HB4733 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4733-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
changing Section 9 as follows:
(110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of
the following periods of hostilities, each county shall be
entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the
University, for the benefit of the children of persons who
served in the armed forces of the United States, except that
the total number of scholarships annually granted to
recipients from each county may not exceed 3: any time between
September 16, 1940 and the termination of World War II, any
time during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and
January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet Nam conflict
between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time during the
siege of Beirut and the Grenada Conflict between June 14, 1982
and December 15, 1983, any time during the invasion of Panama
between December 20, 1989 and January 31, 1990, or any time on
or after August 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President
orders that persons in service are no longer eligible for the
Southwest Asia Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and

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