Bill Text: IL SB0036 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of the Department of Natural Resources to the contrary, a State authorized veterans' organization seeking to hold a memorial service at a State Memorial Site shall not pay a fee and shall not be required to obtain liability insurance if the permit to hold such service is approved by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall be provided a list of State authorized veterans' organizations by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Defines "State authorized veterans' organization".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-13 - Referred to Assignments [SB0036 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB0036-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0036 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Sally J. Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 805/805-306 new
Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of the Department of Natural Resources to the contrary, a State authorized veterans' organization seeking to hold a memorial service at a State Memorial Site shall not pay a fee and shall not be required to obtain liability insurance if the permit to hold such service is approved by the Department of Natural Resources. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall be provided a list of State authorized veterans' organizations by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Defines "State authorized veterans' organization".
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Natural Resources
(Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois is amended by adding Section 805-306 as follows:
(20 ILCS 805/805-306 new)
Sec. 805-306. Fee waiver; State authorized veterans'
organization holding memorial services at State Memorial Site.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of the
Department to the contrary, a State authorized veterans'
organization seeking to hold a memorial service at a State
Memorial Site shall not pay a fee and shall not be required to
obtain liability insurance if the permit to hold such service
is approved by the Department of Natural Resources. The
Department of Natural Resources shall be provided a list of
State authorized veterans' organizations by the Department of
Veterans' Affairs. In this Section, "State authorized
veterans' organization" means an organization chartered under
federal or State law and approved by the Department of
Veterans' Affairs comprised of members of which substantially
all are individuals who are veterans or spouses, widows, or
widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to

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