§ 38-4-71. Control of Cemeteries; Applications for Interment
Each Georgia veterans cemetery shall be under the control and administration of the Department of Veterans Service. Applications for interment in a Georgia veterans cemetery shall be processed in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Veterans Service. History. Code 1981, § 38-4-71 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 877, § […]
§ 38-4-72. Receipt of Federal Aid and Gifts, Contributions, Bequests, and Reimbursements; Expenditure; Departmental Personnel
The Department of Veterans Service is designated as the agency of this state to receive federal aid under Title 38 U.S.C., as amended, and is authorized and directed to receive funds from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other agency of the United States authorized to grant or expend funds to assist […]
§ 38-4-90. Creation
There is created within the Department of Veterans Service the Returning Veterans Task Force. History. Code 1981, § 38-4-90 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 563, § 1/SB 76. Cross references. Creation of veterans court division, § 15-1-17 .
§ 38-4-91. Membership
The Returning Veterans Task Force shall consist of one representative each from the Department of Veterans Service appointed by the commissioner of veterans service, the Department of Community Health appointed by the commissioner of community health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities appointed by the commissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities, the […]
§ 38-4-92. Duties; Recommendations
The task force shall meet at least quarterly and shall investigate how state services can be provided to veterans returning from military service from which the veteran was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable within the most recent three years in order to assist them in integrating into society. The task force shall issue recommendations […]
§ 38-4-51. Established; Locations; Adjacent Facilities Integral Part Thereof
There is established the Georgia State War Veterans’ Home, which shall be available for the use and care of disabled war veterans discharged under other than dishonorable conditions. For the purpose of securing treatment or hospitalization, the adjacent facilities of Central State Hospital are established as an integral part of the Georgia State War Veterans’ […]
§ 38-4-52. Veterans Service Board — Administer Home’s Facilities
The facilities of the Georgia State War Veterans’ Home shall be under the control and administration of the Veterans Service Board. History. Ga. L. 1955, Ex. Sess., p. 18, § 2; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1150, § 1.
§ 38-4-53. Veterans Service Board — Authorized Revenue Sources, Expenditures, and Hiring; Other State Bodies to Cooperate
The Veterans Service Board is designated as the agency of this state to receive federal aid under Title 38, U.S.C., Sections 641 and 642, as amended, and is authorized and directed to receive from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other agency of the United States government authorized to pay federal aid […]
§ 38-4-11. Commissioner of Veterans Service — Annual Reports; Content; Recipients
The commissioner of veterans service shall furnish to the Governor, the members of the General Assembly, the Veterans Service Board, veterans’ organizations, and the public generally an annual report with reference to claims presented on behalf of veterans of this state, concerning veterans aided under federal, state, or local legislation, and otherwise to report the […]
§ 38-4-54. Veterans Service Board — Funds Received From Federal Sources Expended to Aid War Veterans; No Limitation on Additional State Aid
All federal funds received by the Veterans Service Board and paid into the state treasury are continually appropriated to the Veterans Service Board in the exact amounts, for the care and support of disabled war veterans, as received from the federal government. This is not intended as a limitation upon the power of the General […]