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330 ILCS 45/2 (2026)

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 service was honorable or general under honorable conditions, to their families, and to the families of deceased veterans with service who need such assistance and services

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(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 service was honorable or general under honorable conditions, to their families, and to the families of deceased veterans with service who need such assistance and services. The following actions shall be taken in support of that purpose:
        (1) The supervisor of general assistance or the
    
county board shall provide such sums of money as may be just and necessary to be drawn by the commander, quartermaster or commandant of any veterans service organization, in the city or town, or the superintendent of any Veterans' Assistance Commission of the county, upon the recommendation of the assistance committee of that veterans service organization or Veterans' Assistance Commission.
            (A) Funding for Veterans Assistance Commissions
        
may be derived from 3 sources, if applicable:
                (i) a tax levied under Section 5-2006 of the
            
Counties Code and Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code;
                (ii) funds from the county general corporate
            
fund; and
                (iii) State funds from the Department of
            
Human Services.
            (B) The minimum amount to be provided annually to
        
Veterans Assistance Commissions is provided in Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, unless the delegates of the County Veterans Assistance Commission determine that a lesser amount covers the just and necessary sums.
        (2) If any supervisor of general assistance or
    
county board fails or refuses after such recommendation to provide just and necessary sums of money for such assistance, then the veteran service organization or the superintendent of any Veterans' Assistance Commission located in the district of such supervisor of general assistance or such county board shall apply to the circuit court of the district or county for relief by mandamus upon the supervisor of general assistance or county board requiring him, her or it to pay, or to appropriate and pay such sums of money, and upon proof made of the justice and necessity of the claim, the circuit court shall grant the sums so requested.
        (3) Such sums of money shall be drawn in the manner
    
now provided under Section 5-2006 of the Counties Code and Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Orders of commanders, quartermasters, commandants, or superintendents of those veterans service organizations or those Veterans' Assistance Commissions shall be proper warrants for the expenditure of such sums of money.
(Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1132, eff. 2-10-23.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2022 · leading case: Monson v. Cnty. of Grundy, 916 N.E.2d 620 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009).
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Monson v. Cnty. of Grundy, 916 N.E.2d 620 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 4× “” On April 11, 2007, plaintiff filed a petition for order of mandamus against defendant seeking to require defendant, pursuant to section 2 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act (Act) (330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2006)), to pay bills, claims and vouchers submitted by VACGC to…”
Lavite v. Dunstan, 2016 IL App (5th) 150401 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 4× “330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2014). The Act requires, whenever practicable, that all efforts be made to allow military veterans with families and the families of deceased veterans to be provided for and assisted at their homes.”
Lavite v. Dunstan, 2016 IL App (5th) 150401 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 5× “330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2014). The Act requires, whenever practicable, that all efforts be made to allow military veterans with families and the families of deceased veterans to be provided for and assisted at their homes.”
Vets. Assistance Comm'n v. Cnty. Bd., 654 N.E.2d 219 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). · cites it 4× “) The Act authorizes the organization of veterans assistance commissions (VACs), consisting of one delegate and one alternate from each post, camp, unit, chapter and ship of each legally recognized military veterans organization within the county.”
The Vets. Assistance Comm'n v. Cnty. Bd., 2013 IL App (3d) 120075 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2010). This leads us to the conclusion that the existence of any properly organized VAC is not dependent upon the “recognition” of the county board.”
Vets. Assistance Comm'n of Grundy Cnty., Illinois v. Cnty. Bd. of Grundy Cnty., Illinois, 2016 IL App (3d) 130969 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “¶ 15 This court determined that the county board’s resolution had no legal effect, as the existence of any properly organized VAC is not dependent upon the “ ‘recognition’ ” of the county board (relying on 330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2010)). Veterans Assistance Comm’n, 2013 IL App (3d)…”
The Vets. Assistance Comm'n of Grundy Cnty., Illinois v. The Cnty. Bd. of Grundy Cnty., 2015 IL App (3d) 130969 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “The county board passed a resolution in 2002 formally recognizing VAC 1 as the county’s Veterans Assistance Commission pursuant to section 2 of the Veterans Act (330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2010)). ¶ 11 On November 28, 2011, respondents Kenneth Buck, Alan Love, Rhode Bronk, Gerald Belt,…”
Lavite v. Dunstan, 2018 IL App (5th) 170114 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 4× “330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2016). The Act authorizes the establishment and organization of veterans assistance commissions in counties in Illinois (330 ILCS 45/9 (West 2016)) and vests the executive powers of each commission in an elected superintendent (330 ILCS 45/10 (West 1 The 1989…”
Tangen v. Lake Cnty., 2022 IL App (2d) 200634-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 3× “” 330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2020). Section 2 also describes how a VAC may seek a writ of mandamus in order to compel a county to provide it with “just and necessary” funds for assistance: “If any supervisor of general assistance or county board fails or refuses after such…”
Monson v. Cnty. of Grundy (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “330 ILCS 45/2 (West 2006). The Act authorizes the organization of veterans assistance commissions (VACs), consisting of one delegate and one alternate from each post, camp, unit, chapter and ship of each legally recognized military veterans organization within the county.”
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