Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
Filed: 4/12/2005
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 756
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 756 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 7 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (20 ILCS 2805/7 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 7. Veterans' Memorial Commission. The Veterans' | ||||||
8 | Memorial Commission is created within the Department. The | ||||||
9 | Commission shall gather information on memorial preservation | ||||||
10 | and management and advise State and local governments and other | ||||||
11 | entities in the creation, custody, care, and upkeep of | ||||||
12 | veterans' memorials. The Commission shall conduct studies and | ||||||
13 | make reports regarding the various laws and rules affecting | ||||||
14 | veteran's memorials to determine whether consolidation or | ||||||
15 | other changes in the laws or rules are needed to facilitate | ||||||
16 | memorial preservation and to raise awareness of issues | ||||||
17 | affecting veterans' memorials. The Commission shall be | ||||||
18 | composed of 12 members as follows: 2 members appointed by the | ||||||
19 | President of the Senate, 2 members appointed by the Minority | ||||||
20 | Leader of the Senate, 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the | ||||||
21 | House of Representatives, 2 members appointed by the Minority | ||||||
22 | Leader of the House of Representatives, one representative of | ||||||
23 | the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 3 representatives of | ||||||
24 | different veterans service organizations appointed by the |
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1 | Director of the Department. Members shall serve 2-year terms, | ||||||
2 | without compensation.
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.".
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