Legislation

A BILL for an Act relating to tuition assistance for national guard members attending out-of-state colleges or universities; and to provide for retroactive application. 

A BILL for an Act to provide for an appropriation for the maintenance and repair of city-owned armories.

A BILL for an Act to designate the training facility located at Camp Grafton (South) as the Major General C. Emerson Murry regional live fire and maneuver training center.

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to issuance of distinctive motor vehicle license plates to individuals eligible for interment in the North Dakota veterans' cemetery.

A concurrent resolution acknowledging the service and sacrifice of the brave Americans, including North Dakotans, who contributed to the historic victory of freedom and democracy over tyranny and oppression.

A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the veterans' home and department of veterans' affairs; and to provide legislative intent regarding veterans' home management, budgeting, and accounting practices and related budget section reports.

A BILL for an Act to repeal sections 65-04-04.1, 65-04-08, and 65-04-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of the average weekly wage for premium for veteran-on-the-job trainees, county auditor reports to the workers compensation bureau, and reporting public contracts to the workers compensation bureau. 

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 37-07.1-06.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tuition reimbursement for members of the national guard.

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 52-11-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to job service North Dakota and national guard retirement programs.

A BILL for an Act to authorize the adjutant general to borrow funds to respond to disasters; to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorizing state agencies to borrow funds for disasters; to amend and reenact section 54-16-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state contingencies appropriation; to provide an appropriation; and to declare an emergency.

A BILL for an Act to create and enact section 1-03-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the designation of Four Chaplains Sunday.

Amended: Definitions

• added “ND Resident” to definition of a veteran and removed “ND resident” from body of law.

Amend appeals. Added:

• Include employers’ letter of refusal to hire
• Appeal must 
  • be in writing to NDDVA Commissioner. Copy sent to hiring agency.
  • Identify the employer/agency.
• Updated appeal timelines and procedures

Added definitions: 

• Chief Deputy and Private Secretary

Added to exempted positions

• Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of board of higher education
• President, executive deans, vice presidents, assistant to the president, provosts and instructors of board institutions.

CHAPTER 365 

HOUSE BILL NO. 1101 

(Government and Veterans Affairs Committee) 

(At the request of the Adjutant General) 

PERSIAN GULF WAR COMPENSATION 

AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 37-26-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of "period of service" for adjusted compensation paid to national guard and reserve veterans of the Persian Gulf War. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: 

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 6 of section 37-26-01 of the 1991 Supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows: 6. "Period of service" means the period of time beginning August 2, 1990, and ending ending on a date prescribed by the president or the congress for the cessation of hostilities in the Persian Gulf June 30, 1993

Approved March 11, 1993 

Filed March 12, 1993

CHAPTER 366 

HOUSE BILL NO. 1389 

(Representatives Belter, Gerntholz, Hokana) 

Senators Nelson, Wogsland, Dotzenrod) 

VETERANS' ADJUSTED COMPENSATION MILITARY 

AN ACT to provide for adjusted compensation to certain veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Grenada, Lebanon, and Panama armed conflicts and for the method of filing and payment of claims, duties of the adjutant general, and exemption from taxation and execution for the payments; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.

(See below link to review full bill)

CHAPTER 364 

SENATE BILL NO. 2119 

(Government and Veterans Affairs Committee) 

(At the request of the Department of Veterans' Affairs) 

VIETNAM VETERANS' PROGRAMS REPEAL MILITARY 

AN ACT to repeal chapters 37-24, 37-25, and 54-17.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Vietnam veterans' educational assistance, Vietnam conflict veterans' adjusted compensation, and Vietnam veterans' bonus bond issue. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: 

SECTION 1. REPEAL. Chapters 37-24, 37-25, and 54-17.1 of the North Dakota Century Code are repealed. 

Approved March 10, 1993 

Filed March 11, 1993

Amended: Removed from section 4 verbiage on established personnel system “… under which it maintains a register of persons eligible for employment and from which it certifies a prescribed number of names to that particular agency or governmental agency, must be…”

An ACT to amend and reenact section 37-15-02 and subsection 3 of section 37-15-14.1 of North Dakota Century Code, relating to the object of the veterans' home and membership contributions for residents of the veterans' home.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 37-15-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 

37-15-02. Object of veterans' home. The object of the veterans' home is to provide domiciliary and long-term care as defined under chapter 23-16 for:

1. All veterans as defined in section 37-01-40 and all honorably discharged soldiers of the North Dakota national guard who heretofore or hereafter may become permanently disabled from any cause while in line and discharge of duty.
2. The spouses and surviving spouses of those mentioned in subsection 1 if they meet the requirements for admission under section 37-15-10. 

SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Subsection 3 of section 37-15-14.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

3. All moneys received as a result of charging the membership contribution authorized by subsection 1 must be deposited in a special fund in the state treasury to be known as the "veterans' home improvement fund". The fund must be invested by the state investment board in the manner provided in chapter 21-10, and all income received, less amounts deducted pursuant to section 21-10-10, must be deposited in, or reinvested for the benefit of, the veterans' home improvement fund. Moneys in the veterans' home improvement fund must, subject to and following legislative appropriations, be expended only for expansion of present facilities of the home, for development of new facilities, for enrichment of living conditions, or for additional care for members of the home, as such expansion, development, enrichment, or additional care is deemed necessary by the administrative committee. The office of management and budget shall prepare the warrant-checks. 

An ACT to amend and reenact sections 37-14-03.3, 37-14-04, 37-14-05, 37-14-06, and 37-14-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the veterans; aid fund. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

Section 1. Amendment. Section 37-14-03.3 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

37-14-03.3 Revolving fund. The sum of seven hundred thousand dollars is a permanent revolving fund of the veterans' aid fund and may not revert to the general fund and must be solely used for the purpose of making loans to any veterans as defined by section 37-01-40 and to a surviving spouse of a veteran if the spouse has not remarried. This section does not prohibit the department of veterans' affairs, in its discretion, from using any interest the fund accrues or has already earned or accrued to collect loans if in the opinion of the department a person has the financial means to repay, and that person deliberately refuses to do so. 

Section 2. Amendment. Section 37-14-04 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 

37-14-04. Veterans' aid fund - Purpose. The purpose of the veterans' aid fund is to make loans or advancements to any veteran as defined by section 37-01-40 and to a surviving spouse of a veteran if the spouse has not remarried. A qualified applicant may be permitted to make more than one loan providing the applicant has satisfied payment requirements of a previous loan. 

Section 3. Amendment. Section 37-14-05 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

37-14-05. Application for aid. A qualified person may apply to the department of the veterans' affairs in such form as it provides, wither while the applicant is waiting for relief or assistance from another agency, state or federal, or for further assistance for the applicant's education, or otherwise. 

Section 4. Amendment. Section 37-14-06 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

37-14-06. Department may provide aid. If the department of veterans' affairs is satisfied that an applicant is a veterans, as defined by section 37-01-40, or the surviving spouse of a veteran and has not remarried, and that the applicant is a citizen and resident of this state, the department may loan to the applicant, or a guardian of the applicant, a sum from the veterans' aid fund not to exceed two thousand dollars. 

Section 5. Amendment. Section 37-14-07 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

37-14-07. Repayment to be made to aid fund. Upon the granting of an application and at the time of disbursement, the applicant, or the applicant's legally appointed guardian, shall execute an agreement with the department of veterans' affairs that within a specified period of not to exceed four years from the date of the receipt of the last item of the advancement, the applicant will repay to the state for the use of the veterans' aid fund the full amount of all advancements made to the applicant with interest as provided in rules adopted under section 37-14-10, but not to exceed ten percent annually. One-half of the interest must be waived if timely repayment is made to the fund. The department may take necessary legal action to collect, compromise, or settle loans if in the opinion of the department the person has the financial means to repay, and the person deliberately refuses to do so. The department may release from financial liability any person it determines is financially unable to repay the loan through no fault of the person.