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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 2.01a as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 2805/2.01a)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01a)



7    Sec. 2.01a. Members benefits fund; personal property. The

8Department
shall direct the expenditure of all money which
has 
9been or may be received by any officer of an Illinois Veterans 
10Home
including profit on sales from commissary stores. The 
11money shall be deposited
into the members benefits fund and 
12expenditures from the fund
shall be made
under the direction of 
13the Department for the special comfort, pleasure, and
amusement 
14of residents and employees, provided that amounts expended for

15comfort, pleasure,
and amusement of employees shall not exceed 
16the amount of profits derived from
sales made to employees by 
17such commissaries, as determined by the Department. The 
18Department may also make expenditures from the fund, subject to 
19approval by the Director of Veterans' Affairs, for recognition 
20and appreciation programs for volunteers who assist the 
21Veterans Homes.
Expenditures from the fund may not be used to 
22supplement a
shortfall in the ordinary and contingent operating 
23expenses of the Home and
shall be expended only for the special 
 
 
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1comfort, pleasure, and amusement of the
residents.

2    Money received as interest and income on funds deposited 
3for residents
of an Illinois Veterans Home shall be paid to the 
4individual accounts of the residents.
If home residents choose 
5to hold savings accounts or other
investments outside the Home, 
6interest or income on the individual savings
accounts or 
7investments of residents shall
accrue
to the individual 
8accounts of the residents.

9    Any money belonging to residents separated by death, 
10discharge, or
unauthorized absence from an Illinois Veterans 
11Home, in custody of officers
thereof, may, if unclaimed by the 
12resident or the legal
representatives thereof for a period of 2 
13years, be expended at the
direction of the Department for the 
14purposes and in the manner specified
above. Articles of 
15personal property, with the exception of clothing left
in the 
16custody of officers, shall, if unclaimed for the period of
2 
17years, be sold and the money disposed of in the same manner.

18    Clothing left at a Home by residents at the time of 
19separation
may be used as determined by the Home if unclaimed 
20by the resident
or legal representatives thereof within 30 days 
21after notification.

22(Source: P.A. 92-671, eff. 7-16-02.)