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90_HB2757
Amends the Veterans Burial Places Act. Increases the
amount the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall pay for the
cost of transporting and erecting a headstone or memorial for
a United States war veteran when the headstone or memorial is
required to be provided by the United States Government from
an amount not to exceed $50 to an amount not to exceed $75.
Changes a reference to a Section of the United States Code to
reflect its renumbering. Effective immediately.
LRB9009389SMpk
LRB9009389SMpk
1 AN ACT to amend the Veterans Burial Places Act by
2 changing Section 1.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Veterans Burial Places Act is amended by
6 changing Section 1.1 as follows:
7 (330 ILCS 110/1.1) (from Ch. 21, par. 59a1)
8 Sec. 1.1. When a headstone or memorial marker is
9 provided for a United States War Veteran by the United States
10 Government pursuant to Section 2306 906 of Title 38 of the
11 United States Code, the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall
12 pay an amount not to exceed $75 $50 to the next of kin or
13 cemetery official or monument company official responsible
14 for the cost of transporting and erecting the headstone or
15 memorial. However, no such payment shall be made unless a
16 signed application is presented to the Department by the next
17 of kin or cemetery official or monument company official,
18 along with such other proof of transportation or erection
19 charges as the Department may require. All such applications
20 for payment shall be on forms provided by the Department.
21 (Source: P.A. 85-169.)
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.