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
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.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 12.2 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 2610/12.2)
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7 | Sec. 12.2.
Burial benefit for State police officers killed | ||||||
8 | in the line of
duty.
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9 | (a) The Department of State Police shall pay directly or | ||||||
10 | reimburse, up to a
maximum of $20,000 $10,000 , the burial | ||||||
11 | expenses of each State police officer who is
killed in the line | ||||||
12 | of duty after June 30, 2018 1997 .
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13 | (b) The payments provided for in this Section shall be paid | ||||||
14 | out of moneys
appropriated to the Department for the personal | ||||||
15 | services of State police
officers.
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16 | (c) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules | ||||||
17 | governing the
administration of this Section.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 90-178, eff. 7-23-97.)
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19 | Section 10. The Line of Duty Compensation Act is amended by | ||||||
20 | changing Section 3.5 as follows:
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21 | (820 ILCS 315/3.5)
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1 | Sec. 3.5. Burial benefit. A burial benefit of up to a | ||||||
2 | maximum of $20,000 $10,000
shall be payable to the surviving | ||||||
3 | spouse or estate of a law enforcement officer
or
fireman who is | ||||||
4 | killed in the line of duty on or after June 30, 2018 the | ||||||
5 | effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997 .
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6 | The Attorney General and the Court of Claims may jointly | ||||||
7 | adopt rules and
procedures
for the implementation of this | ||||||
8 | Section.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 90-577, eff. 1-1-99.)
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