Bill Text: IL SB1244 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Veterans Burial Places Act. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay an amount not to exceed $125 (rather than $100) to the next of kin or $100 to the cemetery official responsible for the cost of transporting and erecting a headstone or memorial. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0317 [SB1244 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1244-Engrossed.html

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SB1244 Engrossed LRB101 10578 AMC 55684 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
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 $125 $100 to the next of kin or $125 to the 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.)