Bill Text: IL HB2548 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall establish a field office in each Legislative District (rather than such field offices as it shall find necessary to enable it to perform its duties).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2548 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2548-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2548 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2805/3 from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 68
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall establish a field office in each Legislative District (rather than such field offices as it shall find necessary to enable it to perform its duties).
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2805/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 68)
Sec. 3. The Department shall:
1. establish an administrative office in Springfield
and a branch thereof in Chicago;
2. establish a field office in each Legislative
District such field offices as it shall find necessary to
enable it to perform its duties; and
3. maintain case files containing records of services
rendered to each applicant, service progress, and a
follow-up system to facilitate the completion of each
request.
(Source: P.A. 99-314, eff. 8-7-15.)