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.

Spectrum: 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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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Patricia Bellock [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Hatcher [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Renee Kosel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Tryon [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Esther Golar [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sandra Pihos [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kirk Dillard [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Jacobs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dave Syverson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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