Bill Text: IL SB1244 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Veterans Burial Places Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to exceed $125 (rather than $100) to the next of kin or $100 to the cemetery official responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting a headstone or memorial. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0317 [SB1244 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1244-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 101-0317 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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(330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)
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