SB 2314 - EMPLOYMENT.LAW/POLICY - Disabled Non-veteran access to NDDVA loan & grants, Veterans Preference. CVSO Accreditation - 2019

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.

• 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

• Committee recommended DO PASS 12-0-2 HJ 1207
• PASSED HOUSE 86-0 HJ 1278

FISCAL NOTE: $0

SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 3/28/2019 SJ 1190

• Effective date: 08/01/2019 per ND Constitution, Article IV, Section 13