Bill Text: IL HB2548 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall establish a field office in each Legislative District (rather than such field offices as it shall find necessary to enable it to perform its duties).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2548 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2548-Introduced.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 Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 2805/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 68)
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7 | Sec. 3. The Department shall:
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8 | 1. establish an administrative office in Springfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | and a branch thereof in Chicago;
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10 | 2. establish a field office in each Legislative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | District such field offices as it shall find necessary to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | enable it
to perform its duties ; and
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13 | 3. maintain case files containing
records of services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | rendered to each applicant, service progress, and a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | follow-up
system to facilitate the completion of each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | request.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 99-314, eff. 8-7-15.)
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