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| | HB4442 Engrossed | | LRB097 18548 RPM 63780 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 2.02a as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 2805/2.02a) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2.02a. Gold Star Family. Any natural father, natural |
| 8 | | mother, mother through adoption, father through adoption, or |
| 9 | | spouse of a veteran killed in the line of duty, (also known as |
| 10 | | a Gold Star Family member) deemed eligible by the United States |
| 11 | | Department of Veterans Affairs who was a resident of the State |
| 12 | | of Illinois for a continuous period of one year immediately |
| 13 | | before making application is entitled to admission to any of |
| 14 | | the Illinois Veterans Homes should vacant beds exist. |
| 15 | | Preference for filling vacant beds or for filling vacant beds |
| 16 | | from a waiting list shall be granted first to eligible |
| 17 | | veterans.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-302, eff. 1-1-12.)
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