95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0479


 
Introduced 2/1/2007, by Rep. William B. Black
 
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    Creates the Continuing Appropriation for Military Scholarships Act to
require a General Revenue Fund recommendation by the Governor in the annual budget and annual General Revenue Fund appropriations by the General Assembly sufficient to reimburse institutions of higher learning in this State for not charging students tuition and fees under the Veteran Grant program, the Illinois National Guard Grant and Naval Militia Grant program, and the MIA/POW Scholarship program and to require an irrevocable and continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations. Effective July 1, 2007.
















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HB0479

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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Continuing Appropriation for Military Scholarships Act.
 
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    Section 5. Annual budget; recommendation.   Beginning with 
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the Budget for fiscal year 2009, the Governor shall include a

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General Revenue Fund recommendation  in the
 annual  Budget 
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sufficient to reimburse institutions of higher learning in this 
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State for not charging students tuition and fees
 under the 
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Veteran Grant program, the Illinois National Guard Grant and 
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Naval Militia Grant program, and the MIA/POW Scholarship 
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program.
 
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    Section 10. Funding.   Beginning with fiscal year 2009, the 
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General Assembly  shall
annually make appropriations sufficient 
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to reimburse institutions of higher learning in this State for 
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not charging students tuition and fees under the Veteran Grant 
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program, the Illinois National Guard Grant and Naval Militia 
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Grant program, and the MIA/POW Scholarship program.
 
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    Section 15. Continuing appropriation.  If the General

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Assembly fails to make General Revenue Fund appropriations in 
 


 






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fiscal year 2009 or in any fiscal
year thereafter sufficient to 
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reimburse institutions of higher learning in this State for not 
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charging students tuition and fees under the Veteran Grant 
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program, the Illinois National Guard Grant and Naval Militia 
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Grant program, and the MIA/POW Scholarship program, this Act 
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shall
constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation 
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from
the General Revenue Fund of all amounts necessary for 
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those
purposes.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2007.