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HB0518 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by |
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| changing Sections 28.6 and 28.9 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1805/28.6)
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| Sec. 28.6. Policy.
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| (a) A member of the Army National Guard or the Air National
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| Guard may be ordered to funeral honors duty in accordance
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| this Article. That member shall receive an allowance
of $50 for |
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| any day on which a minimum of 2 hours of funeral
honors duty is |
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| performed. Members of the Illinois National
Guard ordered to |
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| funeral honors duty in accordance with
this Article are |
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| considered to be in the active service of
the State for all |
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| purposes except for pay, and the
provisions of Sections 52, 53, |
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| 54, 55, and 56 of the
Military Code of Illinois apply if a |
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| member of the
Illinois National Guard is injured or disabled in
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| the course of those duties.
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| (b) The Adjutant General may provide support for other
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| authorized providers who volunteer to participate in a
funeral |
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| honors detail conducted on behalf of the Governor.
This support |
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| is limited to transportation, reimbursement
for |
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| transportation, expenses, materials, and training.
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| (c) On or after July 1, 2006, if the Adjutant General |
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| determines that Illinois
National Guard personnel are not |
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| available to perform military funeral
honors in accordance with |
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| this Article, the Adjutant General may authorize another |
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| appropriate organization to provide one or more of its members |
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| to perform those honors and, subject to appropriations for that |
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| purpose, shall authorize the payment of a $100 stipend to the |
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| organization.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-76, eff. 1-1-02.)
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