AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection1 of section 37-25-02 and sections 37-25-03 and 37-25-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, establishing an ending date to the periods of service which give rise to credits or eligibility for Vietnam veterans’ adjusted compensation; providing for maximum adjusted compensation payments; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.) Subsection 1 of section 37-25-02 of the North Dakota Century code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT.) Section 37-25-03 of the North Dakota Century code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
1. “period of service” means the period of time beginning August 5, 1964, and ending on a date prescribed by the President or the Congress for the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam, but no later than January 28, 1973.
37-25-03. PAYMENT OF ADJUSTED COMPENSATION FOR DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE – MAXIMUM PAYMENT.) Each veteran shall be paid for domestic service twelve dollars and fifty cents for each month or major fraction thereof and shall be paid for foreign service seventeen dollars and fifty cents for each month or major fraction thereof. If the veteran be deceased, payments shall be made to the beneficiary. Applications for adjusted compensation may be filed with the adjutant general after the date of October 1, 1971. No adjusted compensation payment made to any person under this chapter shall exceed sixteen hundred dollars or the largest payment made prior to the effective date of this Act, whichever is greater.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT.) Section 37-25-10 of the North Dakota Century code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
37-25-10. TIME LIMIT FOR FILING OR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS.) No application for benefits under the provisions of this chapter shall be filed or received after three years from the date prescribed by the President of the Congress for the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam, or from January 28, 1973, whichever date is earlier. However, in the cases of those veterans who are prisoners of war or missing in action on or after January 28, 1973, the deadline for receipt of application shall be three years from the date upon which they first set foot on American soil following January 28, 1973.
SECTION 4. EMERGENCY.) This Act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.