Bill Text: IL SB0687 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Veterans Burial Places Act. Provides that when a headstone or memorial marker is provided for a United States War Veteran pursuant to specified federal law by the federal government, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to exceed $300 (currently, $100) to the next of kin or cemetery official responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting the headstone or memorial. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0687 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0687-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning military service.
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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 Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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6 | (330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
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7 | Sec. 1.1.
When a headstone or memorial marker is provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | for a United
States War Veteran by the United States Government | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | pursuant to Section
2306 of Title 38 of the United States Code, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the Department of
Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | exceed $300 $100 to the
next of kin or cemetery official | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | responsible
for
the cost of transporting and erecting the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | headstone or memorial. However, no
such payment shall be made | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | unless a signed application is presented to the
Department by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | the next of kin or cemetery official, along with such other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | proof
of transportation or erection charges
as the Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | may require. All such applications for payment shall be
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18 | forms provided by the Department.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | becoming law.
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