(330 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.71)
Sec. 1.
As used in this Act:
"World War II Bonus Act" means "An Act to provide payment of
compensation to certain persons who served with the military or naval
forces of the United States prior to or in the recent war with Germany,
Italy, Japan and other nations, or to their survivors, and to authorize
the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of Illinois to make said
payments and to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest
upon said bonds by a direct annual tax and by taxes levied and imposed
by amending Sections 6, 10 and 10a of the 'Illinois Horse Racing Act',
filed June 13, 1927, as amended, and by taxes levied and imposed by
amending Sections 2, 3 and 29 of the 'Cigarette Tax Act', approved June
2, 1941, as amended", approved June 14, 1946, as that Act existed
immediately prior to the repeal of Sections 1-1 through 1-6 thereof.
"Korean Veterans Compensation Act" means "AN ACT to provide payment
of compensation to certain persons who served with the armed forces of
the United States during the recent armed struggle which is commonly
called the Korean Conflict, or to survivors; and to provide funds for
the payment of such compensation by a tax levied and imposed by amending
Sections 2 and 29 of the 'Cigarette Tax Act', approved June 2, 1941, as
amended, and by a tax levied and imposed by amending Sections 2 and 35
of the 'Cigarette Use Tax Act', approved July 11, 1951, as amended, and
to make appropriations in connection therewith", approved July 17, 1959,
as that Act existed immediately prior to the repeal of Sections 1-1
through 1-7 thereof.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs.
(Source: P.A. 80-243.)
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