Illinois Compiled Statutes 330 ILCS 45 — Military Veterans Assistance Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Military Veterans Assistance Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324; 87-796.)

Definitions

Definitions. As used in this Act: "Veteran service organization" means a post, ship, camp, chapter, or detachment of a congressionally chartered or state chartered organization that (i) is formed by and for veterans, (ii) has a paid membership of at least 15 individuals, and (iii) provides responsible aid, assistance,…

The purpose of this Act is, in part, to provide, in accordance with this Section, just and necessary assistance and services to military veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and whose last discharge from the service was honorable or general under honorable conditions, to their families, and to t…

In case there is no veteran service organization, in any town in which it is necessary that such assistance as provided in Section 2 should be granted, the administrator of military veterans assistance shall accept and pay the orders drawn, as hereinbefore provided by the commander, quartermaster or commandant of any v…

Upon the taking effect of this Act, the commander of any veteran service organization or any properly created Veterans Assistance Commission, which shall undertake the assistance of military veterans and their families, as hereinbefore provided, before the acts of the commander, quartermaster, or commandant shall be op…

The auditing board of any city or town or county auditor, or the administrator of military veterans assistance of any city, town, or county, may require of the commander, quartermaster, or commandant of any veteran service organization, or superintendent of any properly organized Veterans Assistance Commission, underta…

Military veterans with families and the families of deceased veterans, shall, whenever practicable, be provided for and assisted at their homes in such city or town in which they shall have a residence, in the manner provided in Sections 2 and 3 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)

In case there shall be within the limits of any city or town more than one veteran service organization, it shall be the duty of the commander, quartermaster, or commandant of each veteran service organization within such limits, to send to the commander, quartermaster, or commandant of every other veteran service orga…

The commander, quartermaster, or commandant of any veteran service organization or the superintendent of any county Veterans' Assistance Commission of Illinois shall annually report to the Governor, on or before the first day of January of each year, such portions of the transactions of the aforementioned veteran servi…

Veterans Assistance Commission

Veterans Assistance Commission. (a) In counties having 2 or more veteran service organizations as may be recognized by law, the veteran service organizations may come together to form a Veterans Assistance Commission of such county. The Veterans Assistance Commission of such county may act as the central service office…

Violations

Violations. (a) If the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that there is or has been a violation of Section 8 or 9 or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 10, then the Attorney General may commence a civil action in the name of the People of the State to enforce the provisions of this Act in any appropri…

Remedies

Remedies. (a) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that any person, group, or entity is violating, has violated, or is about to violate Section 8 or 9 or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 10, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the People of the State against the person, group, o…

Superintendents and counties

Superintendents and counties. (a) The executive powers of the Commission shall be vested in a superintendent selected or appointed by a vote from a majority of the full Commission membership and who shall have received an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States. (b) Superintendent vacancies shall…

Home rule

Home rule. A home rule unit may not operate, act, or fail to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by…