An ACT to amend and reenact section 37-14-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to county veterans service officer appointment and duties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 37-14-18 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
37-14-18. County Veterans' service officer - Appoint - Duties. The board of county commissioners of each county of the state of North Dakota may appoint, employ, and pay, on a full-time or part0time basis, an officer to be known as a county veterans' service officer. Such appointment shall, be made with the prior advice of the commissioner of veterans' affairs, and in accordance with veterans' preference as provided in 37-19.1-02. It shall be the duty of such county veterans' service officer to become acquainted with the laws, both state and federal, enacted for the benefit of returning servicemen and servicewomen to assist such returning members of the armed forces in the presentation, proof and establishment of such claims, privileges, and rights as they have. It also shall be the duty of the county veterans' service officer, under the supervision of the state commissioner of veterans' affairs, to actively cooperate with and to coordinate the activities of the state and federal agencies within the county which the officer serves to facilitate their operation and ensure promptness in the solution of the problems concerned with the reestablishment of returning servicemen and servicewomen in civilian pursuits.