Bill Amendment: IL HB4467 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: HIGHER ED-POLICE/FIRE GRANT
Status: 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0673 [HB4467 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4467-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: HIGHER ED-POLICE/FIRE GRANT
Status: 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0673 [HB4467 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4467-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4467
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4467 as follows:
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3 | on page 1, line 5, by changing "Section 55" to "Sections 55 and | ||||||
4 | 60"; and
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5 | on page 2, immediately below line 8, by inserting the | ||||||
6 | following:
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7 | "(110 ILCS 947/60)
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8 | Sec. 60.
Grants for dependents of Department of Corrections | ||||||
9 | employees who are killed
or who become a person with a | ||||||
10 | permanent disability in the line of duty. Any spouse, natural | ||||||
11 | child, legally
adopted child, or child in the legal custody of | ||||||
12 | an employee of the Department
of Corrections who is assigned to | ||||||
13 | a security position with the Department with
responsibility for | ||||||
14 | inmates of any correctional institution under the
jurisdiction | ||||||
15 | of the Department and who is killed or who becomes a person |
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1 | with a permanent disability with
90% to 100% disability in the | ||||||
2 | line of duty is entitled to 8 semesters or 12
quarters of full | ||||||
3 | payment of tuition and mandatory fees at any State-supported
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4 | Illinois institution of higher learning for either full or | ||||||
5 | part-time study, or
the equivalent of 8 semesters or 12 | ||||||
6 | quarters of payment of tuition and
mandatory fees at the rate
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7 | established by the Commission for private institutions in the | ||||||
8 | State of
Illinois, provided the recipient is maintaining | ||||||
9 | satisfactory academic
progress. This benefit may be used for | ||||||
10 | undergraduate or graduate study.
Beneficiaries need not be | ||||||
11 | Illinois residents at the time of enrollment in order
to | ||||||
12 | receive this grant. With respect to disabled employees of the | ||||||
13 | Department of Corrections, natural children need not be born | ||||||
14 | before the disability occurred in order to receive this grant. | ||||||
15 | The benefits of this Section shall be administered by
and paid | ||||||
16 | out of funds available to the Commission and shall accrue to | ||||||
17 | the bona
fide applicant without the requirement of | ||||||
18 | demonstrating financial need to
qualify for those benefits.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)".
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