Bill Text: IL HB1822 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Veterans' Employment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1822 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1822-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1822
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1822 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Disabled Veterans Housing Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | (330 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 60)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.
Application for assistance under this Act shall be | ||||||
| 8 | made by the
veteran to the Illinois Department of Veterans' | ||||||
| 9 | Affairs and shall be
accompanied by satisfactory evidence that | ||||||
| 10 | the
veteran has been approved by the Administrator of Veterans' | ||||||
| 11 | Affairs for
assistance in acquiring a suitable dwelling unit or | ||||||
| 12 | in remodeling a dwelling
not adapted to the requirements of his | ||||||
| 13 | disability. The application shall
contain such information as | ||||||
| 14 | will enable the Illinois Department of Veterans'
Affairs to | ||||||
| 15 | determine the amount of assistance
to which the veteran is | ||||||
| 16 | entitled. The Illinois Department of Veterans'
Affairs shall | ||||||
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| 1 | adopt general rules for determining
the question of whether an | ||||||
| 2 | applicant was a resident of this State at the
time he or she | ||||||
| 3 | entered the service or was discharged while being a resident of | ||||||
| 4 | this State, and shall prescribe by rule the nature of the
proof | ||||||
| 5 | to be submitted to establish the fact of residence. The | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois
Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt | ||||||
| 7 | guidelines for determining types
of remodeling and adaptations | ||||||
| 8 | which are reasonably necessary because of
a veteran's | ||||||
| 9 | disability, for a veteran eligible for assistance under
Section | ||||||
| 10 | 2.1 of this Act.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 82-894.)".
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