Public Act 102-0467
 
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    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    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 4 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2805/4)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 69)
    Sec. 4. A service officer shall be assigned to each field
office. All service officers and any supervisors, including
the field manager, within the field division He must be an
honorably discharged veteran from service in the Armed Forces
of the United States. They He must have served during a time of
hostilities with a foreign country, and must meet one or more
of the following conditions:
        (i) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months.
        (ii) The veteran served for the duration of
    hostilities regardless of the length of engagement.
        (iii) The veteran was discharged on the basis of
    hardship.
        (iv) The veteran was released from active duty because
    of a service-connected service connected disability and
    was discharged under honorable conditions.
    As used in this Section, "time of hostilities with a
foreign country" means any period of time in the past,
present, or future during which a declaration of war by the
United States Congress has been or is in effect or during which
an emergency condition has been or is in effect that is
recognized by the issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a
Presidential executive order and in which the armed forces
expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals are
awarded according to Presidential executive order.
(Source: P.A. 88-275.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2022