Bill Text: IL HB1299 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Act in a Section concerning scholarships for the children of veterans. Adds as periods of hostilities for which a county may award a scholarship (i) any time during the siege of Beirut between June 14, 1982 and August 21, 1982 and (ii) any time during the Grenada Conflict between October 25, 1983 and December 15, 1983. Provides that if a scholarship is not awarded for a given period of hostilities listed in the Section because there are no qualified applicants, then the county may award the scholarship for another one of the listed periods of hostilities, in which case there may be more than one scholarship awarded for the same period of hostilities. Effective July 1, 2013.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1299 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1299-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1299
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1299 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 9 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 144, par. 30)
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7 | Sec. 9. Scholarships for children of veterans. For each of | ||||||
8 | the following
periods of hostilities, each county shall be | ||||||
9 | entitled, annually, to one
honorary scholarship in the | ||||||
10 | University, for the benefit of the children of
persons who | ||||||
11 | served in the armed forces of the United States , except that | ||||||
12 | the total number of scholarships annually granted to recipients | ||||||
13 | from each county may not exceed 6 : the
Civil War, World War I, | ||||||
14 | any time between September 16, 1940 and the
termination of | ||||||
15 | World War II, any time during the national emergency
between | ||||||
16 | June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, any time during the Viet
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1 | Nam conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, any time | ||||||
2 | during the siege of Beirut between June 14, 1982 and February | ||||||
3 | 26, 1984, any time during the Grenada Conflict between October | ||||||
4 | 25, 1983 and December 15, 1983, or any
time on or after August | ||||||
5 | 2, 1990 and until Congress or the President orders that
persons | ||||||
6 | in service are no longer eligible for
the Southwest Asia | ||||||
7 | Service Medal, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi | ||||||
8 | Freedom. If an honorary scholarship is not awarded for a given | ||||||
9 | period of hostilities because there are no qualified | ||||||
10 | applicants, then the county may award the scholarship for | ||||||
11 | another one of the listed periods of hostilities, in which case | ||||||
12 | there may be more than one scholarship awarded for the same | ||||||
13 | period of hostilities. Preference for scholarships shall be
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14 | given to the children of persons who are deceased or
disabled. | ||||||
15 | Such scholarships shall be
granted to such pupils as shall, | ||||||
16 | upon public examination, conducted as
the board of trustees of | ||||||
17 | the University may determine, be decided to
have attained the | ||||||
18 | greatest proficiency in the branches of learning
usually taught | ||||||
19 | in the secondary schools, and who shall be of good moral
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20 | character, and not less than 15 years of age. Such pupils, so | ||||||
21 | selected,
shall be entitled to receive, without charge for | ||||||
22 | tuition, instruction in
any or all departments of the | ||||||
23 | University for a term of at least 4
consecutive years. Such | ||||||
24 | pupils shall conform, in all respects, to the
rules and | ||||||
25 | regulations of the University, established for the government
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26 | of the pupils in attendance.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-64, eff. 1-1-08.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
3 | 2013.".
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