§ 38-4-36. Governor May Direct Provision of Facilities to Department of Veterans Service
In executing this part, the Governor may direct any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other administrative agency of the state to provide such facilities, including personnel, materials, assistance, information, and data as will enable the Department of Veterans Service or the commissioner properly to utilize the same in performance of the duties prescribed by […]
§ 38-4-37. Veterans Service Board Empowered to Prescribe Rules, Regulations, and Directives to Implement Programs
The Veterans Service Board is vested with the full power and authority to make, prescribe, and enforce such reasonable rules, regulations, and directives as, in its judgment, might be necessary to implement fully, in conjunction with agencies of the federal government, the program for the education, training, and rehabilitation of veterans contemplated by state and […]
§ 38-4-50. “War Veterans” Defined
As used in Code Sections 38-4-51 and 38-4-52, the term “war veterans” means any veterans who were discharged under other than dishonorable conditions and who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or on active duty in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 38-4-12. Commissioner of Veterans Service — Duty to Maintain Records
Subject to other laws, the commissioner shall maintain full, adequate, and complete copies of all records pertaining to claims of veterans who file claims for veterans’ benefits through the Department of Veterans Service. History. Ga. L. 1945, p. 319, § 9; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1096, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 38; […]
§ 38-4-55. Admissions and Discharges; Rules and Regulations Concerning
Admissions to and discharges from any facility of the Georgia State War Veterans’ Home shall be under the control of the governing authority of the facility concerned under the laws and department rules and regulations in force at the time application for admission or for discharge is presented; provided, however, that a war veteran shall […]