Bill Text: IL HB2028 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall pay directly or reimburse, up to a maximum of $20,000 (rather than $10,000) the burial expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line of duty after June 30, 2018. Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that a burial benefit of up to a maximum of $20,000 (rather than $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 after June 30, 2018.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-12)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0028 [HB2028 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2028-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing
5Section 12.2 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2610/12.2)
7 Sec. 12.2. Burial benefit for State police officers killed
8in the line of duty.
9 (a) The Department of State Police shall pay directly or
10reimburse, up to a maximum of $20,000 $10,000, the burial
11expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line
12of duty after June 30, 2018 1997.
13 (b) The payments provided for in this Section shall be paid
14out of moneys appropriated to the Department for the personal
15services of State police officers.
16 (c) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules
17governing the administration of this Section.
18(Source: P.A. 90-178, eff. 7-23-97.)
19 Section 10. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended by
20changing Section 3.5 as follows:
21 (820 ILCS 315/3.5)

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1 Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. A burial benefit of up to a
2maximum of $20,000 $10,000 shall be payable to the surviving
3spouse or estate of a law enforcement officer or fireman who is
4killed in the line of duty on or after June 30, 2018 the
5effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
6 The Attorney General and the Court of Claims may jointly
7adopt rules and procedures for the implementation of this
8Section.
9(Source: P.A. 90-577, eff. 1-1-99.)
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