Section 116.50  Definition of Eligible Veterans or Servicepersons

Eligible veteran or serviceperson means any veteran or serviceperson:

a)         who has:

1)         been declared by the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be a Prisoner-of-War or to be Missing-in-Action; or

2)         died as the result of a service-connected disability or is permanently disabled from service-connected causes with 100% disability; and

b)         who, at the time of entering the service, was an Illinois resident or was an Illinois resident within 6 months after entering the service, or, until July 24, 2014, became an Illinois resident within 6 months after leaving the service and can establish at least 30 years of continuous residency in the State of Illinois.

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 12091, effective July 10, 2013)