Bill Title: Creates the Veterans' Monument Protection Act. Prohibits any business or recyclable metal dealer, as defined in the Recyclable Metal Purchase Registration Law, to purchase, accept, or give anything of value in exchange for any metal taken from the grave marker of a veteran. Provides that a business or recyclable metal dealer who commits a violation of the Act is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined a maximum of $1,000 per grave marker. Provides that upon discovering that metal from the grave marker of a veteran is missing, a cemetery official shall notify the local law enforcement agency and, if possible, the family of the deceased veteran. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0384 [HB3273 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2011-05-18	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2011-04-05	103	0	0	4	107	Passed	Link	View