96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1276

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
330 ILCS 45/1 from Ch. 23, par. 3081

Amends the Military Veterans Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "overseer of military veterans assistance".
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A BILL FOR

HB1276 LRB096 10190 DRJ 20358 b
1 AN ACT concerning veterans.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is amended
5 by changing Section 1 as follows:
6 (330 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 3081)
7 Sec. 1. The The term "Overseer of military veterans
8 assistance", as used in this Act, shall be construed to mean
9 all persons whose duty it is, under the existing statutes, to
10 care for, relieve or maintain, wholly or in part, any person
11 who may be entitled to such assistance under the statutes of
12 the State of Illinois. This Act shall not infringe upon the
13 mandated powers and authorities vested in the Illinois
14 Department of Veterans' Affairs.
15 (Source: P.A. 87-796.)