2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 330 - VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS › 330 ILCS 30/ - Viet Nam Veterans Compensation Act.

(330 ILCS 30/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.51)
Sec. 1. 
		
		This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Viet Nam Veterans Compensation Act.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3131.)
(330 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.52)
Sec. 2. 
		
		Every person who has served on active duty with the armed forces of
the United States on or after January 1, 1961 and prior to such time as
Congress declares such persons ineligible for the Viet Nam Service Medal is
entitled to receive compensation of $100 for such service if (a) he had
been a resident of the State of Illinois for at least 12 months immediately
preceding the time he entered such service, (b) he is still in active
service, is honorably separated or discharged from such service, has been
furloughed to a reserve or has been retired, and (c) he has received the
Viet Nam Service Medal. Service in the merchant marine is not service in
the armed forces for purposes of this Act.
No payment may be made under this Section to any person who, though in
such service, did civilian work at civilian pay or who has received from
another State a bonus or compensation of like nature so provided by this
Act.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3131.)
(330 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.53)
Sec. 3. 

The widow or widower, child or children, mother, father, person standing
in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, in the order named, of any deceased
person shall be paid the compensation to which the deceased person would be
entitled under Section 2 of this Act. Where such deceased person would have
qualified for compensation under Section 2 except for his death and his
death was connected with such service and resulted from such service during
the time period specified in Section 2, his survivors, in the order named
in this Section, shall be paid $1000.
Where a preceding beneficiary fails to file a claim for compensation
after the official notice of death the Department of Veterans' Affairs may
proceed to process applications from succeeding beneficiaries, and such
beneficiaries may then proceed to qualify upon submission of satisfactory
proof of eligibility.
(Source: P.A. 100-143, eff. 1-1-18.)
(330 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.54)
Sec. 4. 
		No right or claim to compensation under this Act may be assigned.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3131.)
(330 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.55)
Sec. 5. 
The Department of Veterans' Affairs has complete charge and control
of the general scheme of payments authorized by this Act and shall adopt
general rules for the making of such payments, the ascertainment and
selection of proper beneficiaries and the amount to which such
beneficiaries are entitled, and for procedure.
If the person to whom compensation is payable under this Act is under
legal disability, it shall be paid to the person legally vested with the care of
such legally disabled person under the laws of his State
of residence. If no such
person has been so designated for the legally disabled person,
payment shall be made to
the chief officer of any hospital or institution under the supervision or
control of any State or of the Veterans Administration of the United States
in which such legally disabled person is placed, if
such officer is authorized to
accept moneys for the benefit of the incompetent. Any payments so made
shall be held or used solely for the benefit of the legally disabled person.
As used in this Section, a person under legal
disability means any person
found to be so disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction
of any State
or the District of Columbia or by any adjudication officer of the Veterans
Administration of the United States.
(Source: P.A. 100-143, eff. 1-1-18.)
(330 ILCS 30/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.56)
Sec. 6. 
		
		Any application for compensation under this Act must be made to
the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs.
(Source: P.A. 80-244.)