TITLE 95: VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
PART 102
RULES GOVERNING PAYMENT FOR CARTAGE AND
ERECTION OF HEADSTONE, MARKER, OR MEMORIAL MARKER
SECTION 102.5 GENERAL RULES
Section 102.5 General Rules
The following general rules have
been adopted by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to govern the payment for
cartage and erection of headstone, marker or memorial marker furnished free of
cost by the Federal Government, in compliance with the provisions of:
"An Act relating to the registration, location and reporting of
burial places and memorial markers of United States War Veterans and providing
for transportation of remains of veterans and erection of headstones or
memorial markers" approved July 8, 1935 as amended. (Ill. Rev. Stat.
1985, ch. 21, par. 59a et seq.)
(Source: Amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 14731, effective September 6, 1988)
 | TITLE 95: VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
PART 102
RULES GOVERNING PAYMENT FOR CARTAGE AND
ERECTION OF HEADSTONE, MARKER, OR MEMORIAL MARKER
SECTION 102.10 STATE PAYMENT OF FEES
Section 102.10 State Payment
of Fees
The State of Illinois will pay
cartage and erection fees not to exceed $100 per headstone, marker or memorial
marker, after the headstone marker or memorial marker has been received and
erected. All applications for payment shall be on forms provided by the
Department of Veterans' Affairs within the fiscal year (July 1 − June 30)
of date marker erected. The form must contain the following information: name
of veteran; serial number; date of birth; date of death; enlistment and
discharge dates; branch of service and rank; cemetery (name, address, county);
grave number (lot, block, section); nearest relative and the relative's
address; designation of type of headstone; claimant's name, address, and social
security number or FEIN. Failure to provide this information will prevent the
payment for cartage and erection.
(Source: Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4040, effective January 23, 2001)
| TITLE 95: VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
PART 102
RULES GOVERNING PAYMENT FOR CARTAGE AND
ERECTION OF HEADSTONE, MARKER, OR MEMORIAL MARKER
SECTION 102.20 LIMITATION IN APPROVAL OF FEES
Section 102.20 Limitation in
Approval of Fees
Approval of cartage and erection
fees will be made only for headstones, markers or memorial markers furnished
free of cost by the Federal Government for United States War Veterans and
erected within the geographical boundaries of Illinois. In cases where the
United States Government has issued a replacement marker and acknowledged in
writing its responsibility for the error in the original marker inscription,
the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay $100 for the setting of a second
marker if the first marker was erected before the error was discovered. In no
event will the Department pay for a second marker setting if the inscription
error was made by any person, organization or agency other than the United
States Government, and no more than two $100 cartage and erection fees will be
paid for a headstone, marker or memorial marker for a veteran.
(Source: Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4040, effective January 23, 2001)
| TITLE 95: VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
PART 102
RULES GOVERNING PAYMENT FOR CARTAGE AND
ERECTION OF HEADSTONE, MARKER, OR MEMORIAL MARKER
SECTION 102.30 LIMITATIONS OF PAYMENT
Section 102.30 Limitations
of Payment
The State of Illinois will pay
only for headstone, marker or memorial marker erection.
The State of Illinois shall pay
the $100 fee to the next-of-kin (nearest of kindred) or cemetery official upon
receipt in the War Graves Section of the Department of Veterans' Affairs of a
completed and signed application from the person responsible for incurring or
paying the costs associated with transporting and erecting a government
marker. The next-of-kin (nearest of kindered) must provide a copy of the paid
receipt to the Department of Veterans' Affairs showing they have paid the
cemetery or monument company official responsible for setting the government
marker.
(Source: Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 4040, effective January 23, 2001)
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