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.)