Bill Text: IL HB5344 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5344 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5344-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 2805/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 68)
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| 7 | Sec. 3. The Department shall:
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| 8 | 1. establish an administrative office in Springfield | ||||||
| 9 | and a branch thereof in Chicago;
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| 10 | 2. establish a field office in each Legislative | ||||||
| 11 | District such field offices as it shall find necessary to | ||||||
| 12 | enable it
to perform its duties; and
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| 13 | 3. maintain case files containing
records of services | ||||||
| 14 | rendered to each applicant, service progress, and a | ||||||
| 15 | follow-up
system to facilitate the completion of each | ||||||
| 16 | request.
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 99-314, eff. 8-7-15.)
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