(330 ILCS 40/0.01)

(from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.70)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Survivors Compensation Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)

(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.)

(330 ILCS 40/2)

(from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.72)

Sec. 2.

Any person who was entitled to compensation under Section 1‑1 or 1‑2 of the World War II Bonus Act or Section 1‑2 or 1‑3 of the Korean Veterans Compensation Act or under both of those Acts but who inadvertently failed to make application for compensation with the Service Recognition Board or the Department within the time prescribed in Section 1‑6 of the applicable Act or who made application but whose application was not finalized for a reason that the Department finds valid, did not receive his bonus, and who submits sufficient evidence to fulfill the requirements of the World War II Bonus Act or the Korean Veterans Compensation Act, and who has not since received such compensation through a special appropriation, is entitled to receive such compensation from appropriations made to the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs for such purpose.

(Source: P.A. 80‑243.)

(330 ILCS 40/3)

(from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.73)

Sec. 3.

Applications for compensation under this Act must be made to the Department.

(Source: P.A. 80‑243.)

(330 ILCS 40/4)

(from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.74)

Sec. 4.

The conditions of eligibility, except with respect to the time of making application, and the amount of compensation shall be determined in accordance with the World War II Bonus Act or the Korean Veterans Compensation Act, or both, whichever is appropriate.

(Source: P. A. 78‑299.)

(330 ILCS 40/5)

(from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.75)

Sec. 5.

The Department may make reasonable rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for expediting the making and processing of applications and the payment of compensation under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 80‑243.)

(330 ILCS 40/6)

(from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.76)

Sec. 6.

This Act takes effect upon its becoming a law.

(Source: P.A. 78‑299.)