ILLINOIS COMPLIED STATUTES 1992 VETERANS  

 ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES 1992

  PUBLIC AID CODE

ADMINISTRATION  LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS   CHAPTER 305, 5/12-21.5                

 

                     

 

Veterans Assistance Commission as a local governmental unit

       In counties having less than 3 million inhabitants in which there is created a County veterans Assistance Commission, the superintendent of Veterans Assistance shall be selected and other employees appointed as provided in Section 10 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act and the compensation of the Superintendent and other employees shall be as therein provided.

Laws 1967, p. 122, 12-21.5, eff. april 11, 1967. Amended by P.A. 87-976, 1.1, eff. Dec 16, 1991.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 23, 12-21.5

ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES 1992

 PUBLIC AID CODE ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 305, 5/12-3

 Local governmental units

       As provided in Article VI, Local Governmental units shall provide funds for and administer the programs provided in that Article subject, where so provided, to the supervision of the Illinois Department.  Local governmental units shall also provide the social services and utilize the rehabilitative facilities authorized in Article IX, for persons served through Article VI, and shall discharge such other duties as may be required by this Code or other laws of this state.

In counties not under township organization, the county shall provide funds for and administer such programs.

      In counties under township organization (including and such counties in which the governing authority is a Board of Commissioners) the various towns other than those towns lying entirely with in the corporate limits of any city, village or incorporated town having a population of more than 500,000 inhabitants shall provide funds for and administer such programs.

      Cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population of more than 500,000 inhabitants shall provide funds for public aid purposes under Article VI but the County Department of Public Aid of the county in which any such municipality is located shall administer the program for such municipality.

      Incorporated towns which have superseded civil townships shall provide funds for and administer the public aid program provided by Article VI,

      In counties of less that 3 million population having a County Veterans Assistance Commission in which there has been levied a tax as authorized by Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code for the purpose of providing assistance to military veterans and their families, the County Veterans Assistance Commission shall administer the programs provided by Article VI for such military veterans and their families as seek aid through the County Veterans Assistance Commission.

Laws 1967, p. 122, 12-3. eff. April 11, 1967. Amended by P.A. 78-668, 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; P.A. 81-1085, 1, eff. Oct. 30, 1979; P.A. 86-1475, Art. 3, 3-13, eff. Jan 10, 1991; P.A. 87-796, 1, 1.1, eff. Dec. 16, 1991.

ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES 1992 COUNTIES CODE COUNTY BOARDS CHAPTER 55, 5/5-2006

 Tax for veterans assistance commission

      The county board of each county having a population of less than 3 million in which there is a Veterans Assistance Commission as provided in Section 9 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act may levy a tax of not to exceed .03% of the assessed value annually on all taxable property of the county, for the purpose of providing assistance to military veterans and their families pursuant to such Act,  Whenever not less than 10% of the electors of the county petition the county board to levy the tax at not to exceed .04% if the assessed value, the county board shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at the next general election in accordance with the general revised

election law.  If a majority of the electors vote in favor of the revised proposition, the county board may, annually, levy the tax as authorized.  The proceeds of any tax so levied shall be used exclusively for the assistance purposed authorized thereunder, and a portion thereof may be expended for the salaries or expenses of any officers or employees of the Veterans Assistance Commission of for any other expenses incident to the administration of such assistance.

      The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes which the county is authorized to levy on the aggregate valuation of the property within the county and shall not be included in any tax limitation of the rate upon which taxes are required to be extended, but shall be excluded therefrom and in addition thereto.  The tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the general taxes of the county, and, when collected, shall be paid into a special fund in the county treasury and used only herein authorized.

      The limitations on tax rates herein provided may be increased or decreased under the referendum provision so the General Revenue Law of Illinois.

    If a county has levied the tax herein authorized or otherwise meets the conditions set out in Section 12-21.13 of "The Illinois Public Aid Code", to qualify for State funds to supplement local funds for public purposes under Articles VI and VII of that Code and otherwise meets the conditions set out in Article XII of that Code for receipt of State aid, the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall allocate and pay to the county such additional sums as it determines to be necessary to meet the of assistance to military veterans and their families in the county and expenses incident to the administration of such assistance.

P.A. 86-962, Art 5, 5-2006, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.  Amended by P.A.

87-796, 2.1, eff. Dec. 16, 1991.

 

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, 5-2006

330 ILCS 45/9 305 ILCS 5/12-21.13 305 ILCS 5/6-1 et seq. 305 ILCS 5/12-1 et seq.

ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES 1992 PUBLIC AID CODE ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 305, 5/12-21.13

 Local funds required to qualify for state aid

       To qualify for State funds to supplement local funds for public aid purposes a local government unit shall, except as hereinafter provided, levy within the time that such levy is authorized to be made a tax of an amount which, when added to the unobligated balance available for such purposes at the close of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the tax is levied will equal .10% of the last known total equalized value of all taxable property in the government unit.

      In a county of less than 3 million population in which there is created a County Veterans Assistance Commission, the county shall levy for assistance to military veterans and their families, within the time that such levy is authorized to be made, a tax of an amount which, when added to the unobligated balance available for such purpose at the close of the preceding fiscal year will equal .02 of the last known assessed value of the taxable property in the county, or which will equal .03% of such assessed value if such higher amount is authorized by the electors of the county, as provided in Section 5-2006 of the County's Code.

      If, however, at the latest date in the year on which the afore said taxes are authorized to be levied there is in the unobligated balance of the local governmental unit an amount equal to .10% , or .02% in the case of Veterans Assistance, of the last known total equalized value of all taxable property in the governmental unit, then no tax need be levied in that year in order for the local governmental unit to qualify for State funds.

      In determining the amount of the unobligated balance which is to be applied in producing the required levy for receipt of State funds, or which is to be applied in determining whether a tax levy is required, there shall be deducted from the gross unobligated balance of funds available at the close of the preceding fiscal year the total amount of State funds allocated to the governmental unit during that year, and the total amount of any monies transferred to a townships general town fund under Section 13-14 of the Township Law of 1874 during that year, and only the remainder shall be considered in determining the amount of the deficiency needed to produce an amount equal to the qualifying levy for the current year.

Laws 1967. p. 122, 12-21.13, eff. April 11, 1967. Amended by P.A.

81-1085, 1, eff. Oct. 30, 1979;  P.A. 86-1379, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; P.A. 87-796, 1.1, eff. Dec.16, 1991.

Formerly  Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, Ch. 23, 12-21.13

55 ILCS 5/5-2006 60 ILCS 5/13/14

 ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES 1992 COUNTIES DIVISION 5-27.

BURIAL OF INDIGENT VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

  CHAPTER 55 5/5 5-27001 - 5-27003

  Appointment of person to have charge of interment.

       Appointment of person to have charge of interment.  Each county board shall designate some suitable person or persons to serve without compensation, who shall cause to be properly interred the body of any honorable discharged veteran who served in the army or navy of the United States during the Civil War, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Uprising in China or with the armed forces of the United States in World War I , World War II, during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31. 1955, or during the Viet Nam Conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, or their mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, widows, widowers or minor children, who may hereafter die in such county, without having sufficient means to defray the funeral expenses.  This Division shall not apply to such mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, widows, or widowers, if they were recipients of public assistance at the time of death.

Fees

      Fees.  The expense of such burial shall not exceed the sum of $600; such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground sued exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead, or in that portion of any burial ground so used.  In case relatives of the deceased, who are unable to bear the expense of burial, desire to conduct the funeral, they may be allowed to do so, and the expense there of shall be paid as hereafter provided.

Expenses paid by county.

      Expenses paid by county.  The expenses of such burial and headstone shall be paid by the county in which such veteran or his or her mother, father. husband, wife, widow, widower, or minor children resided at the time of such death; and the county board in such counties under township organization, or county commissioners in such counties not under township organization, is authorized and directed to audit the account, and pay the said expenses in a similar manner as other accounts against such county are audited and paid;  Provided, that nothing in this Division contained shall apply to the burial of veterans who are residents of the Veterans' Home at the time of their death.  See Chapter 15, Exhibit 4.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, Ch 34, 5-27001 - 5-27003

 

ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES 1992 COUNTIES DIVISION 5-26.

MONUMENTS IN HONOR OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

 CHAPTER 55 5/5 5-26001 - 5-26006

 Submission of question of erecting memorial

      Submission of question of erecting memorial.  Upon the petition of two hundred, or more, legal voters of a county being filed with the county clerk, praying that the proposition of erecting or completing a monument or memorial building in honor of its soldiers and sailors at the county seat be submitted to a vote of the people of such county, such proposition shall be submitted to a vote of the people at any regular election.  The county board shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law.  Such proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

 

 

                                                                        |                                      |  YES   |       |   

     |    Proposition for the erection of a |        |       |          |    monument or memorial building in  |        |       |

     |    honor of the soldiers and sailors |   NO   |       |          |    of the country.                   |        |       |

                                                                      

 

      If a majority of all the votes cast on such proposition is in favor thereof, the county board of such county, within one year after such election, shall appropriate sufficient funds to erect a suitable monument or a suitable memorial building, and purchase a site therefor, if necessary, at the county seat, in honor of its soldiers and sailors.  If the revenues of the county under the general tax levy are insufficient to provide for the erection of such building and the purchase of a site therefor, if necessary, the county board may also at the same election cause submission to the voters the proposition of levying an additional tax and issuing bonds therefor in the manner provided by Section 5-2001 and 5-2005, as amended.

       If a memorial building is erected it shall be under the supervision and control of the county board, and the county board may permit such use of the building as it deems advisable.

 

 Subscriptions.

       Subscriptions.  Whenever the people of any county shall desire to erect, or contribute to the erection of a memorial building in honor of their soldiers and sailors and shall procure bona fide subscription to the extent to two-thirds of the estimated cost thereof, it shall be lawful for any county by an two-thirds vote of the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, to contribute such sum or sums of money toward the cost of erecting such a memorial building not exceeding one-third of the cost thereof, as shall be deemed discreet and proper:  Provided, that such contribution shall be made subject to the following conditions:  (1) said building shall be constructed in accordance with plans, approved by such county board; (2) when erected shall be forever used exclusively for public or civic purposed; and (3) if, at any time after the construction thereof, it shall cease to be used for such purposed, it and the property upon which it is situate, shall revert to and become the property of said county.

Lease of county building as memorial

      Lease of county building as memorial.  If any county shall own and possess any real estate suitable for a site for a memorial building, it shall be lawful for the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, by two-thirds vote, to enter into a lease for a period not exceeding ninety-nine years, by which said real estate may be leased to the organizations or individuals contemplating the erection of a memorial building through private donations or contributions:  Provided, the amount contributed of donated by public subscriptions for such purpose shall be equal to at least double the value of such real estate: Provided, further, that said lease shall provide that said building shall, when erected, be used exclusively for public or civic purposed, and that upon the expiration of said lease, or the violation of any of its terms or conditions, the improvements thereon shall revert to and become the property of said county,

Use.

      Use.  Available space in memorial buildings constructed under the provisions of this Division, may be set aside for the use of organizations of honorable, discharged soldiers and sailors of the United States without charge.

      Boys' clubs, associations of commerce, civic improvement and health bodies, farm bureaus and other similar non-partisan and nonsectarian organizations, not organized for profit, shall be deemed within the meaning of the words "public of civic purposes," available space in such memorial building may be rented or leased at a reasonable rental to any such organizations.

     In the discretion of the county board, the memorial building may be constructed so as to be suitable for use as a county orphans' home, or a county hospital, and may be used for either purpose.

 

Maintenance

      Maintenance.  Whenever any memorial building is erected through private subscription, as herein provided, it shall be lawful for the county board or board of county commissioners, as the case amy be, to appropriate such sums of money from year to year as it may deem reasonable and proper to cover any deficiency in the cost of the maintenance thereof.

 

Exemption from taxation

      Exempt from taxation.  Memorial buildings erected in accordance with the provisions of this Division shall be deemed county property and shall be exempt from taxation.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, Ch. 34, 5-26001 - 5-26006

 

ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES 1992 COUNTIES  DIVISION 5-28.

 SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' BURIAL FUND

CHAPTER 55 5/5 5-28001 - 5-2008

 County may procure burial grounds.

      County may procure burial grounds.  The county board of each county has power to purchase suitable sites for burial grounds for deceased personnel of the Armed Services of the United States who died in service and for honorably discharged veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States during the Civil War, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, Boxer uprising in China, World War I, World War II , during the national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time during the Viet Nam Conflict between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, and may their mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, widowers or widows, who may die without having sufficient means to purchase a grave and defray funeral expenses; to establish and maintain suitable headquarters, cemetery buildings, and other auxiliary institutions connected with such burial grounds; and to pay the funeral and burial expenses of such persons and to provide suitable headstones for their graves.

 Petition-Tax levy.

      Petition; tax levy.  When one hundred legal voters of any county shall present a petition to the board of such county, asking that an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a Soldiers' and Sailors' Burial Fund in such county, such county board shall certify the proposition at the next regular election in such county, in accordance with the general law.  The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:  "for the levy of a tax for a Soldiers'and Sailors' Burial Fund," or "Against the levy of a tax for a Soldiers' and Sailors' Burial Fund".  If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition  shall be for the levy of a tax for a soldiers' and sailors' burial fund the county board of such county shall thereafter annually levy a tax of not to exceed one mill on the dollar (1.00), which tax shall be collected in like manner as other general taxes in such county and shall be paid into the "soldiers' and sailors' burial fund", and thereafter the county board of such county shall annually appropriate from such funds such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to pay the expenses which will be accrued in carrying out the provisions and purposes of this Division.

 

Directors.

      Directors.  When in any county such proposition for the levy of a tax for a county Soldiers' and Sailors' Burial Fund has been adopted, the chairman of the county board of such county shall with the approval of the county board, proceed to appoint a board of three directors, all of whom shall be chosen with reference to their special fitness for such office, to have charge of the undertakings and activities contemplated by this Division.

 Terms of office.

      Terms of office,  One of the directors shall hold office for one year, another for two years, and another for three years, from the first day of July following their appointment, but each until the his successor is appointed and at their first regular meeting they shall cast for the respective terms.  Annually thereafter the presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and consent of the county board, shall, before the first day of July of each year appoint, as before, one director, who shall hold office for three years and until his successor is appointed ,  The presiding officer of the county board , by and with the consent of the county board may, remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty,

 Vacancies-Compensation

      Vacancies; compensation.  Vacancies in the board of directors occasioned by removal, resignation, or otherwise, shall be reported to the county board and be filled in like manner as original appointments.  No director shall receive compensation as such, or be interested, either directly, or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of any property or supplies to be used in carrying out the purpose of this Division.

 Powers and duties

      Powers and duties.  The directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of one of their number as president and one as secretary,  They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the soldiers' and sailors' burial grounds of the county and auxiliary institutions and activities connected therewith, as may be expedient and not inconsistent with this Division.  They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys appropriated from the Soldiers' and Sailors' Burial Fund, and of the laying out of sites for burial purposes, the construction of any cemetery buildings, or other necessary auxiliary institutions and of the activities in connection therewith, and of the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds and buildings.  The board of directors shall have the power to purchase or lease ground within the limit of the county and to occupy, lease or erect appropriate cemetery buildings or other buildings, by and with the  approval of the county board,  No cemetery site shall be purchased or leased, however, until detailed plans therefor have been submitted to the county board and have been approved by them.  The board of directors shall have the power to appoint suitable superintendents, care-takers and all necessary assistants, and to fix their compensation, and shall have the power to remove such appointees.