ND Veterans Affairs News: State

Veterans' Aid Fund

A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 37-14-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to collecting fees on loans from the veterans' aid fund.

Adjusted Compensation

A BILL for an Act to provide adjusted compensation for eligible resident veterans and for the filing and payment of claims, duties of the adjutant general, and exemption from taxation and execution for such payments; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.

Tuition Waivers and Grants

A BILL relating to tuition waivers and grants for national guard members.

Absentee Voting

Allows servicemembers to vote by fax or email with sufficient safeguards to protect the integrity of the process. Ensures that servicemembers mobilized in remote areas can still vote.

Supervision of CVSOs

A BILL relating to funding and veterans' records; relating to supervision of county veterans' service officers and duties of the commissioner of veterans' affairs; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

Income Tax Deduction

A BILL relating to income tax deduction for income of national guard and reserve volunteers for federal active duty; and to provide an effective date.

Main Avenue Bridge

A concurrent resolution designating, in conjunction with the state of Minnesota, the Main Avenue bridge between Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, as the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

US Highway 2

A concurrent resolution designating United States Highway 2 through the state of North Dakota as the 164th Infantry Memorial Highway.

A concurrent resolution paying tribute to North Dakota military personnel who have died in Iraq.

Definition of State's Militia

A concurrent resolution for the amendment of section 16 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to the definition of this state's militia; and to provide an effective date.