Bill Text: IL SB2903 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall pay directly (rather than directly or reimburse), up to a maximum of $20,000, the burial expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line of duty. Provides that the payment shall be made to the widow or widower, other dependent, next of kin, or the person or persons incurring the expenses of the burial. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2903 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2903-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2903 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2610/12.2
Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall pay directly (rather than directly or reimburse), up to a maximum of $20,000, the burial expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line of duty. Provides that the payment shall be made to the widow or widower, other dependent, next of kin, or the person or persons incurring the expenses of the burial. Effective immediately.
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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 State Police Act is amended by changing
Section 12.2 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2610/12.2)
Sec. 12.2. Burial benefit for State police officers killed
in the line of duty.
(a) The Illinois Department of State Police shall pay
directly or reimburse, up to a maximum of $20,000, the burial
expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line
of duty after June 30, 2018. The payment shall be made to the
widow or widower, other dependent, next of kin, or the person
or persons incurring the expenses of the burial.
(b) The payments provided for in this Section shall be paid
out of moneys appropriated to the Illinois State Police
Department for the personal services of State police officers.
(c) The Illinois Department of State Police shall adopt
rules governing the administration of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-28, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.