Disabled Past Military Service Member access to NDDVA loan and grants, Veterans Preference. CVSO Accreditation.
Pre-approved by NDACTVSO, Commissioner, ACOVA and NDVLC
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 37-14-01.1 and 37-14-18 and subsection 8 of section 37-19.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the accreditation of county veterans' service officers and the definition of a veteran for purposes of veterans' relief and rehabilitation and veterans' preference.
This bill would...
- Add ND Military Service members not meeting definition of veteran under NDCC 37-01-40 but have a Service Connected VA disability rating as eligible for
- NDDVA Loan Program
- NDDVA Grant Program
- ND Veterans Employment Preference
- Add National Guard 20 year honorably discharged service members to ND Veterans Employment Preference
- Remove Wartime and resident requirement for ND Veterans Employment Preference
- Add NDDVA to CVSO accreditation requirement
- Add CVSO office employees to accreditation requirement
- Allow CVSO's 6 months to obtain accreditation
- Remove "County" from veteran service officer
SENATE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS
- Added "County" back to veteran service officer language
- Removed "and employees of veterans service offices"
- Changed from "6 months" to "12 months" to obtain accreditations
- Committee recommended DO PASS 7-0-0 SJ 661
- PASSED SENATE 47-0 SJ 677
HOUSE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS
FISCAL NOTE: $0
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 3/28/2019 SJ 1190
- Effective date: 08/01/2019 per ND Constitution, Article IV, Section 13
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