Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2511 Compare Versions

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1	1	SB2511
2	2	A BILL FOR
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4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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6	6	State of Illinois
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8	8	2023 and 2024
9	9	SB2511
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11	11	Introduced 2/21/2023, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
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13	13	SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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15	15	Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
16	16	expenses of the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the fiscal
17	17	year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows:
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19	19	General Funds $175,830,400
20	20	Other State Funds $ 35,102,800
21	21	Federal Funds $ 2,395,400
22	22	Total $213,328,600
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30	30	SB2511 OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
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32	32	AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
33	33
34	34	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
35	35	in the General Assembly: 3
36	36
37	37	ARTICLE 1 4
38	38
39	39	Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
40	40	as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6
41	41	hereinafter named, are appropriated from the General Revenue 7
42	42	Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs: 8
43	43	CENTRAL OFFICE 9
44	44	For Personal Services ............................. 7,292,100 10
45	45	For State Contributions to Social 11
46	46	Security ................................ ...........557,900 12
47	47	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 13
48	48	For Travel ................................ ................0 14
49	49	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 15
50	50	For Printing ................................ ..............0 16
51	51	For Equipment ................................ .............0 17
52	52	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 18
53	53	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 19
54	54	For Operation of Auto E quipment ........................... 0 20
55	55	Total $7,850,000 21
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58	58	Section 2. The amount of $8,292,400, or so much thereof 1
59	59	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 2
60	60	Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 3
61	61	associated with the Central Office. 4
62	62	5
63	63	Section 5. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may 6
64	64	be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 7
65	65	the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs associated 8
66	66	with the Veterans’ Accountability Unit. 9
67	67
68	68	Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 10
69	69	as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General Revenue 11
70	70	Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and 12
71	71	purposes and in the amounts set forth as follows: 13
72	72	GRANTS-IN-AID 14
73	73	For Bonus Payments to War Vete rans and Peacetime 15
74	74	Crisis Survivors ................................ ...198,000 16
75	75	For Providing Educational Opportunities for 17
76	76	Children of Certain Veterans, as provided 18
77	77	by law, including Prior Years Claims ...............100,000 19
78	78	Total $298,000 20
79	79
80	80	Section 15. The sum of $3,500,000, or so much ther eof as 21
81	81	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 22
82	82	to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the payment of 23 SB2511 -3- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
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84	84	scholarships to students who are dependents of Illinois 1
85	85	resident military personnel declared to be prisoners of war, 2
86	86	missing in action, killed or permanently disabled, as provided 3
87	87	by law. 4
88	88
89	89	Section 20. The following named amount, or so much thereof 5
90	90	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 6
91	91	Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the object and 7
92	92	purpose and in the amount set forth below as follows: 8
93	93	For Cartage and Erection of Veterans’ 9
94	94	Headstones, including Prior Years Claims ...........425,000 10
95	95
96	96	Section 25. The amount of $250,000, or so much thereof as 11
97	97	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Reve nue Fund 12
98	98	to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated 13
99	99	with the Illinois Warrior Assistance Program. 14
100	100
101	101	Section 30. The amount of $ 27,030,900, or so much thereof 15
102	102	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 16
103	103	Fund to the Depar tment of Veterans’ Affairs for costs 17
104	104	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Chicago. 18
105	105
106	106	Section 31. The amount of $1, 500,000, or so much thereof 19
107	107	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Veterans 20
108	108	Home Fund to the Department of Veteran s’ Affairs for costs 21 SB2511 -4- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
109	109
110	110	associated with the Chicago Veterans’ Home. 1
111	111
112	112	Section 35. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof 2
113	113	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Veterans 3
114	114	Assistance Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for 4
115	115	making grants, funding additional services, or conducting 5
116	116	additional resear ch projects relating to veterans’ post 6
117	117	traumatic stress disorder; veterans’ homelessness; the health 7
118	118	insurance cost of veterans; veterans’ disability benefits, 8
119	119	including but not limited to, disability benefits provided by 9
120	120	veterans service organizations and veterans assistance 10
121	121	commissions or centers; and the long -term care of veterans. 11
122	122
123	123	Section 40. The following named amount, or so much thereof 12
124	124	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois 13
125	125	Affordable Housing Trust Fund to the Department of Vetera ns' 14
126	126	Affairs for the object and purpose and in the amount set forth 15
127	127	as follows: 16
128	128	For Specially Adapted Housing for Veterans ..........240,000 17
129	129
130	130	Section 45. The amount of $250,000, or so much thereof as 18
131	131	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Military 19
132	132	Family Relief Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for 20
133	133	the payment of benefits authorized under the Survivor’s 21
134	134	Compensation Act. 22 SB2511 -5- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
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137	137	Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
138	138	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
139	139	Department of Veterans' Affairs for objects and purposes 3
140	140	hereinafter named: 4
141	141	VETERANS' FIELD SERVICES 5
142	142	Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 6
143	143	For Personal Services ............................. 5,549,600 7
144	144	For State Contributions to Social 8
145	145	Security ................................ ...........424,600 9
146	146	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 10
147	147	For Travel ................................ ................0 11
148	148	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 12
149	149	For Printing ................................ ..............0 13
150	150	For Equipment ................................ .............0 14
151	151	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 15
152	152	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 16
153	153	For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 17
154	154	Total $5,974,200 18
155	155
156	156	Section 51. The amount of $2,201,900, or so much thereof 19
157	157	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 20
158	158	Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 21
159	159	associated with Veterans’ Field Services. 22
160	160	23 SB2511 -6- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
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162	162	Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
163	163	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
164	164	Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 3
165	165	hereinafter named: 4
166	166	ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT ANNA 5
167	167	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 6
168	168	For Personal Services ............................. 4,619,600 7
169	169	For State Contributions to 8
170	170	Social Security ................................ ....353,400 9
171	171	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 10
172	172	For Travel ................................ ................0 11
173	173	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 12
174	174	For Printing ................................ ..............0 13
175	175	For Equipment ................................ .............0 14
176	176	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 15
177	177	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 16
178	178	For Operation of Auto ................................ .....0 17
179	179	Total $4,973,000 18
180	180	Payable from Anna Veterans Home Fund: 19
181	181	For Personal Services ............................... 924,800 20
182	182	For State Contributions to the State 21
183	183	Employees' Retirement System ....................... 490,200 22
184	184	For State Contributions to 23
185	185	Social Security ................................ .....70,800 24
186	186	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 25 SB2511 -7- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
187	187
188	188	For Travel ................................ ................0 1
189	189	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 2
190	190	For Printing ................................ ..............0 3
191	191	For Equipment ................................ .............0 4
192	192	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 5
193	193	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 6
194	194	For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 7
195	195	For Permanent Improvements ........................... 10,000 8
196	196	For Refunds ................................ ..........30,000 9
197	197	Total $1,525,800 10
198	198
199	199	Section 56. The amount of $1,800,000, or so much thereof 11
200	200	as may be necessary, is ap propriated from the Anna Veterans’ 12
201	201	Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 13
202	202	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Anna , including 14
203	203	prior year costs. 15
204	204
205	205	Section 57. The amount of $1,600,000, or so much thereof 16
206	206	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 17
207	207	Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 18
208	208	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Anna , including 19
209	209	prior year costs. 20
210	210
211	211	Section 60. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 21
212	212	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 22 SB2511 -8- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
213	213
214	214	Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 1
215	215	hereinafter named: 2
216	216	ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT QUINCY 3
217	217	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 4
218	218	For Personal Services ............................ 36,638,700 5
219	219	For State Contributions to 6
220	220	Social Security ................................ ..2,802,900 7
221	221	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 8
222	222	For Travel ................................ ................0 9
223	223	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 10
224	224	For Printing ................................ ..............0 11
225	225	For Equipment ................................ .............0 12
226	226	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 13
227	227	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 14
228	228	For Operations of Auto Equipment .......................... 0 15
229	229	Total $39,441,600 16
230	230	Payable from Quincy Veterans Home Fund: 17
231	231	For Personal Services ............................. 2,535,500 18
232	232	For Member Compensation .............................. 28,000 19
233	233	For State Contributions to the State 20
234	234	Employees' Retirement System ..................... 1,343,900 21
235	235	For State Contributions to 22
236	236	Social Security ................................ ....194,000 23
237	237	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 24
238	238	For Travel ................................ ................0 25 SB2511 -9- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
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240	240	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 1
241	241	For Printing ................................ ..............0 2
242	242	For Equipment ................................ .............0 3
243	243	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 4
244	244	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 5
245	245	For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 6
246	246	For Permanent Improvements .......................... 640,000 7
247	247	For Refunds ................................ ..........70,000 8
248	248	Total $4,811,400 9
249	249
250	250	Section 61. The amount of $9,032, 100, or so much thereof 10
251	251	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 11
252	252	Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 12
253	253	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, 13
254	254	including prior year costs. 14
255	255
256	256	Section 62. The amount of $10,111,100, or so much thereof 15
257	257	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the LaSalle Veterans’ 16
258	258	Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 17
259	259	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, 18
260	260	including prior year costs. 19
261	261
262	262	Section 65. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 20
263	263	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 21
264	264	Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 22 SB2511 -10- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
265	265
266	266	hereinafter named: 1
267	267	ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT LASALLE 2
268	268	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 3
269	269	For Personal Services ............................ 16,588,700 4
270	270	For State Contributions to Social Security ........1,269,100 5
271	271	For Contractual Services ................................ ....0 6
272	272	For Travel ................................ ..................0 7
273	273	For Commodities ................................ .............0 8
274	274	For Printing ................................ ................0 9
275	275	For Equipment ................................ ...............0 10
276	276	For Electronic Data Processing .............................. 0 11
277	277	For Telecommunications ................................ ......0 12
278	278	For Operation of Auto Equipment ............................. 0 13
279	279	Total $17,857,800 14
280	280	Payable from LaSalle Veterans Home Fund: 15
281	281	For Personal Services ............................. 1,535,500 16
282	282	For State Contributions to the State 17
283	283	Employees' Retirement System ....................... 813,900 18
284	284	For State Contributions to 19
285	285	Social Security ................................ ....117,500 20
286	286	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 21
287	287	For Travel ................................ ................0 22
288	288	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 23
289	289	For Printing ................................ ..............0 24
290	290	For Equipment ................................ .............0 25 SB2511 -11- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
291	291
292	292	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 1
293	293	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 2
294	294	For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 3
295	295	For Permanent Improvements ........................... 50,000 4
296	296	For Refunds ................................ ..........50,000 5
297	297	Total $2,566,900 6
298	298
299	299	Section 66. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof 7
300	300	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the LaSalle Veterans’ 8
301	301	Home Fund to the Department o f Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 9
302	302	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle , 10
303	303	including prior year costs . 11
304	304
305	305	Section 67. The amount of $3,139,300, or so much thereof 12
306	306	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 13
307	307	Fund to the Dep artment of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 14
308	308	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle , 15
309	309	including prior year costs . 16
310	310
311	311	Section 70. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 17
312	312	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 18
313	313	Department of Veterans' Affairs for the objects and purposes 19
314	314	hereinafter named: 20
315	315	ILLINOIS VETERANS' HOME AT MANTENO 21
316	316	Payable from General Revenue Fund: 22 SB2511 -12- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
317	317
318	318	For Personal Services ............................ 29,219,600 1
319	319	For State Contributions to 2
320	320	Social Security ................................ ..2,235,300 3
321	321	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 4
322	322	For Travel ................................ ................0 5
323	323	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 6
324	324	For Printing ................................ ..............0 7
325	325	For Equipment ................................ .............0 8
326	326	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 9
327	327	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 10
328	328	For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 11
329	329	Total $31,454,900 12
330	330	Payable from Manteno Veterans Home Fund: 13
331	331	For Personal Service s ............................. 2,914,900 14
332	332	For Member Compensation ............................... 5,000 15
333	333	For State Contributions to the State 16
334	334	Employees' Retirement System ..................... 1,544,900 17
335	335	For State Contributions to 18
336	336	Social Security ................................ ....223,000 19
337	337	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 20
338	338	For Travel ................................ ................0 21
339	339	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 22
340	340	For Printing ................................ ..............0 23
341	341	For Equipment ................................ .............0 24
342	342	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 25 SB2511 -13- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
343	343
344	344	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 1
345	345	For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 2
346	346	For Permanent Improvements .......................... 350,000 3
347	347	For Refunds ................................ .........100,000 4
348	348	Total $5,137,800 5
349	349
350	350	Section 71. The amount of $3,000,000, or so much ther eof 6
351	351	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Manteno Veterans’ 7
352	352	Home Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 8
353	353	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Manteno , 9
354	354	including prior year costs . 10
355	355
356	356	Section 72. The amount of $9,000,000, or so much thereof 11
357	357	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 12
358	358	Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs 13
359	359	associated with the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Manteno , 14
360	360	including prior year costs . 15
361	361
362	362	Section 75. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 16
363	363	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 17
364	364	Department of Veterans’ Affairs for costs associated with the 18
365	365	operation of a program for homeless veterans at the Illinois 19
366	366	Veterans’ Home at Manteno: 20
367	367	Payable from General Revenue Fund ...................759,300 21
368	368	Payable from the Manteno Veterans 22 SB2511 -14- OMB103 00052 HML 45052 b
369	369
370	370	Home Fund ................................ ..........59,800 1
371	371	Total $819,100 2
372	372
373	373	Section 80. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 3
374	374	as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 4
375	375	Department of Veteran s' Affairs for the objects and purposes 5
376	376	hereinafter named: 6
377	377	STATE APPROVING AGENCY 7
378	378	Payable from GI Education Fund: 8
379	379	For Personal Services ................................ .....0 9
380	380	For State Contributions to the State 10
381	381	Employees' Retirement System ............................. 0 11
382	382	For State Contributions to 12
383	383	Social Security ................................ ..........0 13
384	384	For Group Insurance ................................ .......0 14
385	385	For Contractual Services ................................ ..0 15
386	386	For Travel ................................ ................0 16
387	387	For Commodities ................................ ...........0 17
388	388	For Printing ................................ ..............0 18
389	389	For Equipment ................................ .............0 19
390	390	For Electronic Data Processing ............................ 0 20
391	391	For Telecommunications ................................ ....0 21
392	392	For Operation of Auto Equipment ........................... 0 22
393	393	Total $0 23
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395	395
396	396	Section 81. The amount of $2,395,400, or so much thereof 1
397	397	as may be necessary, is appropriated from the GI Education Fund 2
398	398	to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for all costs associated 3
399	399	with the State Approving Agency. 4
400	400
401	401	Section 85. The amount of $100,000, or so m uch thereof as 5
402	402	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Folds Of Honor 6
403	403	Foundation Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for 7
404	404	grants to aid in providing educational scholarships to military 8
405	405	families. 9
406	406
407	407	Section 90. The sum of $1,250,000, or so much thereof as 10
408	408	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 11
409	409	to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for expenses related to 12
410	410	the security and safety enhancements at all five Illinois 13
411	411	Veterans’ Homes. 14
412	412
413	413	Section 95. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may 15
414	414	be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 16
415	415	the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for expenses related to 17
416	416	Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) goals. 18
417	417
418	418	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 19
419	419	2023. 20