Section 102.5  General Rules

The following general rules have been adopted by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to govern the payment for cartage and erection of headstone, marker or memorial marker furnished free of cost by the Federal Government, in compliance with the provisions of:

"An Act relating to the registration, location and reporting of burial places and memorial markers of United States War Veterans and providing for transportation of remains of veterans and erection of headstones or memorial markers" approved July 8, 1935 as amended.  (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 21, par. 59a et seq.)

(Source:  Amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 14731, effective September 6, 1988)

Section 102.10  State Payment of Fees

The State of Illinois will pay cartage and erection fees not to exceed $100 per headstone, marker or memorial marker, after the headstone marker or memorial marker has been received and erected.  All applications for payment shall be on forms provided by the Department of Veterans' Affairs within the fiscal year (July 1 − June 30) of date marker erected.  The form must contain the following information:  name of veteran; serial number; date of birth; date of death; enlistment and discharge dates; branch of service and rank; cemetery (name, address, county); grave number (lot, block, section); nearest relative and the relative's address; designation of type of headstone; claimant's name, address, and social security number or FEIN.  Failure to provide this information will prevent the payment for cartage and erection.

(Source:  Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4040, effective January 23, 2001)

Section 102.20  Limitation in Approval of Fees

Approval of cartage and erection fees will be made only for headstones, markers or memorial markers furnished free of cost by the Federal Government for United States War Veterans and erected within the geographical boundaries of Illinois.  In cases where the United States Government has issued a replacement marker and acknowledged in writing its responsibility for the error in the original marker inscription, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay $100 for the setting of a second marker if the first marker was erected before the error was discovered.  In no event will the Department pay for a second marker setting if the inscription error was made by any person, organization or agency other than the United States Government, and no more than two $100 cartage and erection fees will be paid for a headstone, marker or memorial marker for a veteran.

(Source:  Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4040, effective January 23, 2001)

Section 102.30  Limitations of Payment

The State of Illinois will pay only for headstone, marker or memorial marker erection.

The State of Illinois shall pay the $100 fee to the next-of-kin (nearest of kindred) or cemetery official upon receipt in the War Graves Section of the Department of Veterans' Affairs of a completed and signed application from the person responsible for incurring or paying the costs associated with transporting and erecting a government marker.  The next-of-kin (nearest of kindered) must provide a copy of the paid receipt to the Department of Veterans' Affairs showing they have paid the cemetery or monument company official responsible for setting the government marker.

(Source:  Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4040, effective January 23, 2001)