Full Text of HB3515 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning veterans.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Military Veterans Assistance Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 9 as follows:
| 6 | | (330 ILCS 45/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3089)
| 7 | | Sec. 9. Veterans Assistance Commission. | 8 | | (a) In counties having 2 or more posts, camps, chapters or | 9 | | detachments
of military veterans organizations as may be | 10 | | recognized by law, a central
assistance committee may be | 11 | | organized to be known as the Veterans
Assistance Commission of | 12 | | such county, composed of delegates and alternates from a | 13 | | majority of such posts, camps, units, and chapters or ship
| 14 | | selected annually as determined by each post, ship, camp, or
| 15 | | chapter. When so organized a commission shall be clothed with | 16 | | all the
powers and charged with all the duties theretofore | 17 | | devolving upon the
different posts and chapters as provided in | 18 | | Section 2.
| 19 | | (1) Beginning on January 1, 2017, and every January 1 | 20 | | thereafter, all Veterans Assistance Commissions shall | 21 | | publish a notice to each post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, | 22 | | or detachment of a military veterans organization within | 23 | | their respective county calling on them to select |
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| 1 | | delegates and alternates for that county's Veterans | 2 | | Assistance Commission by the methods provided in this | 3 | | subsection. The Veterans Assistance Commissions shall | 4 | | allow each post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment | 5 | | of a military veterans organization 60 days to respond. | 6 | | (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) , posts, camps, | 7 | | units, chapters, ships, or detachments of a military | 8 | | veterans organization shall be permitted to select one | 9 | | delegate and one alternate. | 10 | | (3) In counties with 5 or more posts, camps, units, | 11 | | chapters, ships, or detachments of the same military | 12 | | veterans organization, all the constituent posts, camps, | 13 | | units, chapters, ships, or detachments of such military | 14 | | organizations shall be permitted to select a single | 15 | | delegate and single alternate to represent that military | 16 | | veterans organization instead of each constituent post, | 17 | | camp, unit, chapter, ship, or detachment selecting one | 18 | | delegate and one alternate. For the purposes of meeting | 19 | | the majority requirement of this subsection, when the | 20 | | constituent groups of a military veterans organization | 21 | | choose to select a single delegate and single alternate, | 22 | | the single delegate and single alternate shall represent | 23 | | the aggregate percentage of the constituent groups. | 24 | | (4) If a post, camp, unit, chapter, ship, or | 25 | | detachment of a military veterans organization serves more | 26 | | than one county, then it shall be permitted to select one |
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| 1 | | delegate and one alternate for the Veterans Assistance | 2 | | Commission in each county in which at least 25% of its | 3 | | members reside. | 4 | | (b) The Commission superintendent and the president or | 5 | | chairman of the
county board, or some other county officer | 6 | | appointed by him, shall have
general oversight of the | 7 | | distribution of all moneys and supplies
appropriated by the | 8 | | county for the benefit of military veterans and
their | 9 | | families, subject to such rules, regulations, administrative
| 10 | | procedures or audit reviews as are necessary as approved by | 11 | | the county
board to carry out the spirit and intent of this | 12 | | Act. No warrant authorized
under this Act may be issued for the | 13 | | payment of money without the
presentation of an itemized | 14 | | statement or claim, approved by the
superintendent of the | 15 | | Commission.
| 16 | | If general assistance funds are allocated to a county for | 17 | | assistance to
military veterans and their families as provided | 18 | | in the Illinois
Public Aid Code, the administration of such | 19 | | funds and of county tax funds
levied for such purpose as | 20 | | provided in Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code
shall be | 21 | | subject to the supervision of the Department of Human
Services | 22 | | in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Public Aid | 23 | | Code. The
superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission | 24 | | must comply with the
procedures and regulations adopted by the | 25 | | Veterans Assistance Commission
and the regulations of the | 26 | | Department of Human Services. To further
the intent of this |
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| 1 | | Act of assisting military veterans, this Act is to be
| 2 | | construed so that the Veterans Assistance Commission shall | 3 | | provide needed
services to eligible veterans.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 99-853, eff. 8-19-16.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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