Senate | ND Department of Veterans Affairs

SB 2073 - NATIONAL GUARD - Adds State Active Duty subject to UCMJ. Update Civil Relief and War Bonus Dates. Adds Motorcycle to NG Plates - 2013

Add: "a child who is without any sibling and who survives the veteran" to eligibility for internment at ND State Veterans Cemetary
Fiscal note: $350,000. Federal VA Cemetery Grants

Allows local emergency management organizations to enter into interstate mutual aid agreements with nearby political subdivisions.

Allows 100% disabled Veterans with DAV plates to park in handicapped parking without additional handicapped parking tab
Fiscal note: $0
NDCC 39-01-15 (1&2)

Addresses visitation rights of family members of children whose parent is deployed
Addresses military deployments when considering child custody
Addresses temporary child custody while custodial parent is deployed
Includes Redeploying and Redeployment
Fiscal note: $0
DSLO KEY ISSUES 2015

Provides protection for private employers who establish a veterans preference hiring program
Employer not held liable from lawsuits by protected classes (Age, national origin, etc.)
Fiscal note: $0

Adds "administrator" to list of exemptions from Veterans Preference laws
Add definition of administrator which adds: assistant or associate school district superintendent, school principal, special education director, director of a multidistrict special education unit, career and technical education director, director of area career and technology center, athletic or activity director.
Fiscal note: $0

The Adjutant General shall initiate and coordinate the writing, publishing, and distribution of a record of all North Dakota Veterans, including a record of all North Dakotans killed in action and missing in action since statehood. The Adjutant General shall determine the projected costs for the completion of the writing, publishing, and distribution of the records and present those projections to the legislative management.
Appropriations: $0
Fiscal note: $0

Added: Definition of a "Disabled Veteran"
Added: For a resident disabled veteran combined general game, habitat stamp, small game, and fur-bearer license $3
Fiscal note: $10,080. Not general fund dollars.
NDCC: 20.1-01-02 (15) 20.1-03-12 (54)

Reduce taxable valuation of homestead for each day on Federal active duty divided by total number of days in a year (365). Full year would equal 100% reduction.
On first $4,500 of taxable value of homestead.
Spouses living together may only apply for 1 exemption
Service members living together and not married can apply for full exemption based on the percentage of ownership in the homestead.
Fiscal note: No amount provided.