Chapter 330 — VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS

(330 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 201) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Employment Act. (Source: P.A. 88-12.)

(330 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 202) Sec. 2. The General Assembly hereby declares that it is the purpose of this Act to increase the receptivity of employers in each community to hiring veterans, through contacts with veterans occupying key positions in business and indus…

(330 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 203) Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, "Director" means the Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or its successor agency. (Source: P.A. 94-99, eff. 1-1-06.)

(330 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 204) Sec. 4. The services to be offered under this Act shall be provided to, but not necessarily be limited to, veterans of the United States armed forces who served during the American involvement in Vietnam. (Source: P.A. 83-283.)

(330 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 205) Sec. 5. Service centers. (a) The Director shall designate multipurpose service centers for veterans operated by community nonprofit agencies or organizations. To the greatest extent possible, the Director shall rely on such agencies or…

(330 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 206) Sec. 6. (a) The multipurpose service centers shall, after consulting and in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, develop job counseling and placement services by cooperating with federal, State…

(330 ILCS 25/7) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 207) Sec. 7. (a) The sponsoring nonprofit agency or organization shall consult and cooperate with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to ensure that there is no duplication of services, and shall cooperate with fede…

(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 …

(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 …

(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 pro…

(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. 104-234, eff. 8-15-25.)

(330 ILCS 32/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the War on Terrorism Compensation Act. (Source: P.A. 96-76, eff. 7-24-09.)

(330 ILCS 32/10) Sec. 10. Compensation. (a) Subject to appropriation, every person who has served on active duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after September 11, 2001 and prior to such time as Congress declares such persons ineligible for the Global War on Ter…

(330 ILCS 32/15) Sec. 15. Assignment prohibited. No right or claim to compensation under this Act may be assigned. (Source: P.A. 96-76, eff. 7-24-09.)

(330 ILCS 32/20) Sec. 20. Legal disability. If a person to whom compensation is payable under this Act is under a legal disability, the compensation shall be paid to the person legally vested with the care of the person under a legal disability under the laws of his or her state …

(330 ILCS 32/25) Sec. 25. Application to Department of Veterans Affairs. An application for compensation under this Act must be made to the Department. (Source: P.A. 104-234, eff. 8-15-25.)

(330 ILCS 32/30) Sec. 30. Rules. The Department shall adopt rules for making payments under this Act, for ascertaining and selecting proper beneficiaries and determining the amount to which those beneficiaries are entitled, and for procedures necessary for implementing this Act. …

(330 ILCS 32/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Armed forces of the United States" means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, the United States Reserve Forces, or the Illinois National Guard. Service in the merchant marine is not …

(330 ILCS 32/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-76, eff. 7-24-09.)

(330 ILCS 35/0.01) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.60) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Prisoner of War Bonus Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(330 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.61) Sec. 1. Every person on active duty with the armed forces of the United States or employed by the United States Government on or after January 1, 1961, who was taken and held prisoner by hostile forces in Southeast Asia is entitled t…

(330 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.62) Sec. 2. 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 …

(330 ILCS 35/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.63) Sec. 3. No right or claim to compensation under this Act may be assigned. (Source: P.A. 78-293.)

(330 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.64) Sec. 4. 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 pro…

(330 ILCS 35/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.65) Sec. 5. Any application for compensation under this Act must be made to the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Source: P.A. 104-234, eff. 8-15-25.)

(330 ILCS 35/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 57.66) Sec. 6. This Act takes effect upon its becoming a law. (Source: P.A. 78-293.)

(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 War Bonus Extension 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, I…

(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…

(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, o…

(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.)

(330 ILCS 45/0.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 3080) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Military Veterans Assistance Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324; 87-796.)

(330 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 3081) Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Veteran service organization" means a post, ship, camp, chapter, or detachment of a congressionally chartered or state chartered organization that (i) is formed by and for veterans, (ii) has a pai…

(330 ILCS 45/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 3090) Sec. 10. Superintendents and counties. (a) The executive powers of the Commission shall be vested in a superintendent selected or appointed by a vote from a majority of the full Commission membership and who shall have received an honorab…

(330 ILCS 45/11) (from Ch. 23, par. 3091) Sec. 11. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-796. Repealed by P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23.)

(330 ILCS 45/12) Sec. 12. Home rule. A home rule unit may not operate, act, or fail to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurren…

(330 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 3082) Sec. 2. The purpose of this Act is, in part, to provide, in accordance with this Section, just and necessary assistance and services to military veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and whose last discharge from the…

(330 ILCS 45/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 3083) Sec. 3. In case there is no veteran service organization, in any town in which it is necessary that such assistance as provided in Section 2 should be granted, the administrator of military veterans assistance shall accept and pay the orde…

(330 ILCS 45/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 3084) Sec. 4. Upon the taking effect of this Act, the commander of any veteran service organization or any properly created Veterans Assistance Commission, which shall undertake the assistance of military veterans and their families, as hereinbe…

(330 ILCS 45/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 3085) Sec. 5. The auditing board of any city or town or county auditor, or the administrator of military veterans assistance of any city, town, or county, may require of the commander, quartermaster, or commandant of any veteran service organiza…

(330 ILCS 45/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 3086) Sec. 6. Military veterans with families and the families of deceased veterans, shall, whenever practicable, be provided for and assisted at their homes in such city or town in which they shall have a residence, in the manner provided in Se…

(330 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 3087) Sec. 7. In case there shall be within the limits of any city or town more than one veteran service organization, it shall be the duty of the commander, quartermaster, or commandant of each veteran service organization within such limits, t…

(330 ILCS 45/8) (from Ch. 23, par. 3088) Sec. 8. The commander, quartermaster, or commandant of any veteran service organization or the superintendent of any county Veterans' Assistance Commission of Illinois shall annually report to the Governor, on or before the first day of Ja…

(330 ILCS 45/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3089) Sec. 9. Veterans Assistance Commission. (a) In counties having 2 or more veteran service organizations as may be recognized by law, the veteran service organizations may come together to form a Veterans Assistance Commission of such county…

(330 ILCS 45/9.1) Sec. 9.1. Violations. (a) If the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that there is or has been a violation of Section 8 or 9 or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 10, then the Attorney General may commence a civil action in the name of the Peopl…

(330 ILCS 45/9.2) Sec. 9.2. Remedies. (a) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that any person, group, or entity is violating, has violated, or is about to violate Section 8 or 9 or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 10, the Attorney General may bring an action…