Public Act 100-0889
 
SB3191 EnrolledLRB100 19563 MJP 34831 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is
amended by changing Section 2.01a as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2805/2.01a)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.01a)
    Sec. 2.01a. Members benefits fund; personal property. The
Department shall direct the expenditure of all money which has
been or may be received by any officer of an Illinois Veterans
Home including profit on sales from commissary stores. The
money shall be deposited into the members benefits fund and
expenditures from the fund shall be made under the direction of
the Department for the special comfort, pleasure, and amusement
of residents and employees, provided that amounts expended for
comfort, pleasure, and amusement of employees shall not exceed
the amount of profits derived from sales made to employees by
such commissaries, as determined by the Department. The
Department may also make expenditures from the fund, subject to
approval by the Director of Veterans' Affairs, for recognition
and appreciation programs for volunteers who assist the
Veterans Homes. Expenditures from the fund may not be used to
supplement a shortfall in the ordinary and contingent operating
expenses of the Home and shall be expended only for the special
comfort, pleasure, and amusement of the residents.
    Money received as interest and income on funds deposited
for residents of an Illinois Veterans Home shall be paid to the
individual accounts of the residents. If home residents choose
to hold savings accounts or other investments outside the Home,
interest or income on the individual savings accounts or
investments of residents shall accrue to the individual
accounts of the residents.
    Any money belonging to residents separated by death,
discharge, or unauthorized absence from an Illinois Veterans
Home, in custody of officers thereof, may, if unclaimed by the
resident or the legal representatives thereof for a period of 2
years, be expended at the direction of the Department for the
purposes and in the manner specified above. Articles of
personal property, with the exception of clothing left in the
custody of officers, shall, if unclaimed for the period of 2
years, be sold and the money disposed of in the same manner.
    Clothing left at a Home by residents at the time of
separation may be used as determined by the Home if unclaimed
by the resident or legal representatives thereof within 30 days
after notification.
(Source: P.A. 92-671, eff. 7-16-02.)