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330 ILCS 70/0.01
(330 ILCS 70/0.01) (from Ch. 116, par. 28.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Records for Veterans Administration Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.) 330 ILCS 70/1
(330 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 116, par. 29)
Sec. 1.
Whenever a copy of any public record is required by the United
States Veterans Administration to be used in determining the eligibility of
any person to participate in benefits made available by such
administration, the official charged with the custody of such public
records shall, without charge, provide the applicant for such benefits, or
his or her agent, or a duly identified service officer of any organization of
veterans, or the representative of the United States Veterans
Administration, with a certified copy of such record. Such copies shall
also be furnished, without charge, to the guardian of
the estate of any person under legal disability entitled to the payment
of benefits from the United
States Veterans Administration.
(Source: P.A. 83‑706.) 330 ILCS 70/2
(330 ILCS 70/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 30)
Sec. 2.
Whenever a copy of any public record is required by any
accredited Veterans Organization, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the
Veterans Administration, the Veteran or his dependent in connection with
a claim for benefits, the official charged with the custody of such
public record shall without charge provide accredited Veterans
Organization, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Veterans
Administration, the Veteran or his dependent, with a certified copy of
the requested record.
The request for the copy of the record must be in writing with a
statement, signed by an authorized official of the accredited veterans
organization, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Veterans
Administration, the Veteran or his dependent, to the effect that the
requested document is to be used in obtaining benefits and, if the copy
of the record is to be mailed, must be accompanied by sufficient postage
to pay the cost of mailing. When the request is made as provided in this
section and, if mailing is necessary, is accompanied by sufficient
postage, the furnishing of the certified copy of the record is mandatory
upon the official charged with its custody, and shall not be subject to
the approval or sanction of any other person, agency, or body politic or
corporate whether federal, state or municipal.
(Source: P.A. 85‑169.)
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