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90_HB0028
20 ILCS 2805/2 from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67
Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act. Provides
that the Department shall create a program that would enable
State veterans facilities to provide treatment for veterans
with the Persian Gulf War Syndrome.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Act by
2 changing Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is
6 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2805/2) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67)
8 Sec. 2. The Department shall have the following powers
9 and duties:
10 To perform such acts at the request of any veteran, or
11 his or her spouse, surviving spouse or dependents as shall be
12 reasonably necessary or reasonably incident to obtaining or
13 endeavoring to obtain for the requester any advantage,
14 benefit or emolument accruing or due to such person under any
15 law of the United States, the State of Illinois or any other
16 state or governmental agency by reason of the service of such
17 veteran, and in pursuance thereof shall:
18 1. Contact veterans, their survivors and dependents
19 and advise them of the benefits of state and federal laws
20 and assist them in obtaining such benefits;
21 2. Establish field offices and direct the
22 activities of the personnel assigned to such offices;
23 3. Create a volunteer field force of accredited
24 representatives, representing educational institutions,
25 labor organizations, veterans organizations, employers,
26 churches, and farm organizations;
27 4. Conduct informational and training services;
28 5. Conduct educational programs through newspapers,
29 periodicals and radio for the specific purpose of
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1 disseminating information affecting veterans and their
2 dependents;
3 6. Coordinate the services and activities of all
4 state departments having services and resources affecting
5 veterans and their dependents;
6 7. Encourage and assist in the coordination of
7 agencies within counties giving service to veterans and
8 their dependents;
9 8. Cooperate with veterans organizations and other
10 governmental agencies;
11 9. Make, alter, amend and promulgate reasonable
12 rules and procedures for the administration of this Act;
13 and
14 10. Make and publish annual reports to the Governor
15 regarding the administration and general operation of the
16 Department.
17 11. Create a program that will enable State
18 veterans facilities to treat veterans who are currently
19 suffering from the Persian Gulf War Syndrome.
20 The Department may accept and hold on behalf of the
21 State, if for the public interest, a grant, gift, devise or
22 bequest of money or property to the Department made for the
23 general benefit of Illinois veterans, including the conduct
24 of informational and training services by the Department and
25 other authorized purposes of the Department. The Department
26 shall cause each grant, gift, devise or bequest to be kept as
27 a distinct fund and shall invest such funds in the manner
28 provided by "An Act relating to certain investments of public
29 funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or
30 hereafter amended, and shall make such reports as may be
31 required by the Comptroller concerning what funds are so held
32 and the manner in which such funds are invested.
33 The Department has the power to make grants, from funds
34 appropriated from the Korean War Memorial Fund, to private
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1 organizations, including the Korean Memorial Association of
2 Illinois, for the costs of erecting a Korean War Memorial in
3 Illinois.
4 (Source: P.A. 88-160; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94.)