The Military and Veterans Rights Bureau educates veterans as to their rights and benefits, provides written materials to assist veterans in understanding their rights on specific issues, and provides outreach to the veteran community by attending events and speaking on veteran's rights, benefits and other issues, such as consumer fraud and military employment.
The Bureau also investigates (1) violations of laws affecting Illinois veterans and service members in order to enforce such laws or to make referrals to the proper agency; (2) violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and related provisions in conjunction with the Consumer Fraud Bureau; and (3) violations of the Illinois Service Member Employment & Reemployment Rights Act.
The next Assistant Attorney General in Military and Veterans Rights will enforce Section 2YYY, deceptive practices targeting veterans and military members, of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act and the Illinois Service Members Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (330 ILCS 61
et al) protecting employment rights of Illinois service members and other service member related statutes designed to protect the military community.
