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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
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 4 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 2805/4)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 69)



7    Sec. 4. A service officer shall be assigned to each field 
8office. All service officers and any supervisors, including 
9the field manager, within the field division He
must be an 
10honorably discharged veteran from service in the Armed Forces

11of the United States. They  He must have served during
a time of 
12hostilities with a foreign country, and must meet
one or more 
13of the following conditions:


14        (i) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months.


15        (ii) The veteran served for the duration of 
16    hostilities regardless of the
length of engagement.


17        (iii) The veteran was discharged on the basis of 
18    hardship.


19        (iv) The veteran was released from active duty because 
20    of a service-connected service
connected disability and 
21    was discharged under honorable conditions.

22    As used in this Section, "time of hostilities with a 
23foreign country" means
any period of time in the past, 
 
 
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1present, or future during which a declaration
of war by the 
2United States Congress has been or is in effect or during which

3an emergency condition has been or is in effect that is 
4recognized by the
issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a 
5Presidential executive order and
in which the armed forces 
6expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals
are 
7awarded according to Presidential executive order.

8(Source: P.A. 88-275.)