HB225 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, the Alabama Department of Veterans' Affairs provides assistance to military veterans in formulating and processing claims for benefits to which they may be entitled under any federal or state law or regulation by reason of their war time service in the Armed Forces of the United States. Additionally, the department's county service commissioners must meet certain residency and military service requirements and each county is required to provide an office for the county service commissioner

This bill would allow the board to incur and engage in marketing and promotional expenditures and activities in furtherance of its purpose, as determined by the board

This bill would allow the department to employ Alabama veterans without war time service as county service commissioners

This bill would also clarify the office requirements for a county office

Relating to the Alabama Department of Veterans' Affairs; to amend Sections 31-5-4, 31-5-6, 31-5-9, and 31-5-14, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow the department to provide assistance to military veterans whose service was not during war time; to allow the State Service Commission to incur and engage in certain marketing and promotional expenditures and activities; to remove the county residency requirement for county service officers; and to clarify the support requirements for a county office.