Bill Text: IL SB0687 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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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.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0687 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0687-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0687 Introduced 1/26/2017, by Sen. Kyle McCarter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
330 ILCS 110/1.1 from Ch. 21, par. 59a1
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.
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AN ACT concerning military service.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by
changing Section 1.1 as follows:
(330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
Sec. 1.1. When a headstone or memorial marker is provided
for a United States War Veteran by the United States Government
pursuant to Section 2306 of Title 38 of the United States Code,
the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to
exceed $300 $100 to the next of kin or cemetery official
responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting the
headstone or memorial. However, no such payment shall be made
unless a signed application is presented to the Department by
the next of kin or cemetery official, along with such other
proof of transportation or erection charges as the Department
may require. All such applications for payment shall be on
forms provided by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 90-752, eff. 8-14-98.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.