Illinois Statutes Chapter 330. Veterans and Service Members § 40/1. Definitions

§ 1. As used in this Act:

“World War II Bonus Act”  1 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, Italy, Japan and other nations, or to their survivors, and to authorize the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of Illinois to make said payments and to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest upon said bonds by a direct annual tax and by taxes levied and imposed by amending Sections 6, 10 and 10a of the ‘Illinois Horse Racing Act’, filed June 13, 1927, as amended,  2 and by taxes levied and imposed by amending Sections 2, 3 and 29 of the ‘Cigarette Tax Act’, approved June 2, 1941, as amended”,  3 approved June 14, 1946, as that Act existed immediately prior to the repeal of Sections 1-1 through 1-6 thereof.

“Korean Veterans Compensation Act”  4 means “An Act to provide payment of compensation to certain persons who served with the armed forces of the United States during the recent armed struggle which is commonly called the Korean Conflict, or to survivors; and to provide funds for the payment of such compensation by a tax levied and imposed by amending Sections 2 and 29 of the ‘Cigarette Tax Act’, approved June 2, 1941, as amended, and by a tax levied and imposed by amending Sections 2 and 35 of the ‘Cigarette Use Tax Act’, approved July 11, 1951, as amended,  5 and to make appropriations in connection therewith”, approved July 17, 1959, as that Act existed immediately prior to the repeal of Sections 1-1 through 1-7 thereof.

“Department” means the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs.