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Public Act 094-0359
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LRB094 06124 DRJ 36188 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by |
changing Sections 28.6 and 28.9 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1805/28.6)
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Sec. 28.6. Policy.
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(a) A member of the Army National Guard or the Air National
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Guard may be ordered to funeral honors duty in accordance
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this Article. That member shall receive an allowance
of $50 for |
any day on which a minimum of 2 hours of funeral
honors duty is |
performed. Members of the Illinois National
Guard ordered to |
funeral honors duty in accordance with
this Article are |
considered to be in the active service of
the State for all |
purposes except for pay, and the
provisions of Sections 52, 53, |
54, 55, and 56 of the
Military Code of Illinois apply if a |
member of the
Illinois National Guard is injured or disabled in
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the course of those duties.
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(b) The Adjutant General may provide support for other
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authorized providers who volunteer to participate in a
funeral |
honors detail conducted on behalf of the Governor.
This support |
is limited to transportation, reimbursement
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transportation, expenses, materials, and training.
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(c) On or after July 1, 2006, if the Adjutant General |
determines that Illinois
National Guard personnel are not |
available to perform military funeral
honors in accordance with |
this Article, the Adjutant General may authorize another |
appropriate organization to provide one or more of its members |
to perform those honors and, subject to appropriations for that |
purpose, shall authorize the payment of a $100 stipend to the |
organization.
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(Source: P.A. 92-76, eff. 1-1-02.)
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