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HB0497 Engrossed |
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LRB094 06786 DRJ 36888 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Department of Veterans Affairs Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2805/4.5 new) |
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| Sec. 4.5. Grants to veterans service organizations. |
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| (a) Subject to appropriations for that purpose, the |
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| Department shall make grants to veterans service organizations |
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| for the purpose of furthering those organizations' work of |
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| providing assistance to veterans. The Department shall make |
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| grants only to veterans service organizations that maintain an |
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| office in the Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO) in |
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| Chicago. The Department shall apportion the grants equally |
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| between the qualifying veterans service organizations. |
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| (b) To be eligible to receive a grant, a veterans service |
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| organization must have maintained a state headquarters in this |
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| State for at least 10 years before July 1, 2005. A veterans |
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| service organization that is being funded with State or county |
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| moneys under any other provision of law on the effective date |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly may not |
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| receive any moneys for any grant under this Section. |
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| (c) Grants made under this Section may not be used to |
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| replace or supplant services provided by employees of the |
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| Department.
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