A second Veterans Assistance Commission (VAC 2) filed petition for rehearing, asking appellate court to reconsider, solely, portion of opinion finding that their VAC was invalid. Section 9 of Veterans Act requires every veterans' organization in a county to participate in a VAC. Thus, VAC 2 was invalid because it lacked an inclusive coalition of veterans' organizations in Grundy County. Veterans Act clearly provides for only one VAC in each county, and to be valid and operational, it must be comprised of one delegate and one alternate from each of the duly-recognized veterans' organizations in the county. For a VAC to have an inclusive coalition, every veterans' organization in the county must agree to membership in a VAC, and the VAC must allow every member organization the opportunity to fully participate for a VAC to be valid under Section 9 of Veterans Act. (McDADE and WRIGHT, concurring.)
Illinois Appellate Court
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