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Intent of legislative bill:

Intent of legislative bill:

Intent of legislative bill:

Allow any surviving spouse in receipt of VA dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to be eligible for 1 DAV (non-distinctive or standard) plate and exemption.

Adjutant Generals Office Budget (NDNG)

• Added:$600,000 additional for Veterans Bonus Program
• Added additional $44,098 for Civil Air Patrol
• Added additional $110,000 for Tuition Assistance
• Added additional $70,089 for Veterans Cemetery ($647,006 total)
• Added additional $9,531 for Reintegration program

Protection and Reimbursement for Property Damage in Emergency

• Protects NDNG and Emergency Management from liability in natural disaster relief efforts
• Provides reimbursements to property owners for damages

NDNG Members Pay for State Active Duty

• Adds to NG pay allowances: “Each enlisted member shall also receive a state active duty pay enhancement of one hundred dollars for every fourteen consecutive days spent on state active duty”.
• Adds to NG pay allowances: “Each commissioned officer member shall also receive a state active duty pay enhancement of one hundred dollars for every fourteen consecutive days spent on state active duty”.
• Emergency declared on this bill
• Fiscal note: $10,000 for 2011-2013. $40,000 for 2013-2015.

NDNG-Allows Adjutant General to Provide

• Adds "Adjutant General Coin" to NDCC 37-01
• Adds "Disaster Response Coin" to NDCC 37-01
• Adds a North Dakota state flag may be presented upon retirement to NDNG members with 20 or more years of military service
• Fiscal note: $20,000. No General funds appropriated

WSI Coverage for NG Members while on State Active Duty

• Adds definition of wages for ND members while on state active duty to include income from federal employment and may be included in determining the average weekly wage.
• Fiscal note: $0.

Visitation Proceedings Involving Military Parent

• Courts to take particular care to ensure child of military member called to active duty or may be called to active duty has maximum opportunity for contact with parent
• Military members call to active duty service may not be a factor in court decisions to grant to deny a petition for visitation
• Military member may petition for visitation rights for family member
• Fiscal note: $0

Guardian Powers Parent Deployed

• Allow parent or guardian of a minor child or incapacitated person authority to delegate guardianship to another person for up to 24 months
• Declared an emergency
• Fiscal note: $0