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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0687 Introduced 1/26/2017, by Sen. Kyle McCarter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 330 ILCS 110/1.1 | from Ch. 21, par. 59a1 |
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Amends the Veterans Burial Places Act. Provides that when a headstone or memorial marker is provided for a United States War Veteran pursuant to specified federal law by the federal government, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to exceed $300 (currently, $100) to the next of kin or cemetery official responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting the headstone or memorial. Effective immediately.
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| | SB0687 | | LRB100 05455 MJP 15466 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning military service.
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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 Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1.1.
When a headstone or memorial marker is provided |
| 8 | | for a United
States War Veteran by the United States Government |
| 9 | | pursuant to Section
2306 of Title 38 of the United States Code, |
| 10 | | the Department of
Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to |
| 11 | | exceed $300 $100 to the
next of kin or cemetery official |
| 12 | | responsible
for
the cost of transporting and erecting the |
| 13 | | headstone or memorial. However, no
such payment shall be made |
| 14 | | unless a signed application is presented to the
Department by |
| 15 | | the next of kin or cemetery official, along with such other |
| 16 | | proof
of transportation or erection charges
as the Department |
| 17 | | may require. All such applications for payment shall be
on |
| 18 | | forms provided by the Department.
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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