VETERANS
CHAPTER 247
S. B. No. 181— (Senator Trout)
COMMITMENT OF VETERANS
An act to amend and re-enact Section 15, Chapter 309, Laws of North Dakota, 1931, providing for commitment of veterans. Repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:
§ 1. Amendment.] Section 15, Chapter 309, Laws of North Dakota, 1931, is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
§ 15. Whenever it appears that a veteran of any war, military occupation or expedition is eligible for treatment in a United States Veterans Administration Hospital and commitment to such hospital is necessary for the proper care and treatment of such veteran, the chairman of the Commissioners of Insanity is hereby authorized to communicate with the official in charge of such hospital with reference to available facilities and eligibility, and upon receipt of a certificate from the official in charge of such hospital the commissioners may then direct such veteran's commitment to such United States Veterans Administration Hospital. In any case where such procedure is not feasible and as an alternative to such procedure, the Commissioners of Insanity may direct such veteran's commitment to the State Hospital for the Insane in this State until facilities are available at such United States Veterans Administration Hospital. Thereafter such veteran upon admission to such United States Veterans Administration Hospital shall be subject to the rules and regulations of such hospital and the officials of such hospital shall be vested with the same powers now exercised by superintendents of State hospitals for mental diseases within this State with reference to the retention of custody of the veteran so committed, and upon admission of such veteran to such United States Veterans Administration Hospital by transfer from the State Hospital for the Insane, under such commitment, the superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane shall be relieved of all further and future responsibility therein. Notice of such pending proceedings shall be furnished the person to be committed and his right to appear and defend shall not be denied.
§ 2. Repeal.] All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
§ 3. Emergency.] This act is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
Approved March 13, 1939.