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RI Gen L § 30-23-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-23 - Veterans' Retraining and Reemployment Committees|Section 30-23-1 - Purpose of chapter.

§ 30-23-1. Purpose of chapter.By order of the President of the United States on February 24, 1944, there was established in the Office of War Mobilization a retraining and reemployment administration to have general supervision and direction of activities relating to the retraining and reemployment of persons discharged or released from the armed services and to develop programs for that purpose and for the adequate care of those veterans, including physical and occupational therapy for the wounded and disabled and the resumption of education interrupted by the war. By its order issued May 17, 1944, the retraining and reemployment administration outlined a plan for the establishment and maintenance of veterans' information service centers in local communities by which it sought to provide a way to merge the interest of all organizations, federal, state, local, and civic, in the rehabilitation and assistance of veterans. To aid in the carrying out of this plan, the retraining and reemployment administration established in each state a veterans' service committee consisting of a representative of the Selective Service System, the War Manpower Commission, and the Veterans Administration with power to enlarge its membership to include representation from local organizations or to represent the federal government on state committees of the same nature. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the establishment of local veterans' retraining and reemployment committees and the establishment and maintenance of veterans' information service centers by the several cities and towns in this state to the end that all veterans may be furnished in their own communities with full information with respect to their various rights and privileges under federal and state laws and with adequate advice and assistance in securing the benefits thereof and in solving the problems of readjusting their lives from war to peacetime activities.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 1; P.L. 1948, ch. 2107, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-1.
RI Gen L § 30-23-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-23 - Veterans' Retraining and Reemployment Committees|Section 30-23-2 - Establishment of local committees.

§ 30-23-2. Establishment of local committees.Each city and town may, by ordinance, provide for the creation of a veterans' retraining and reemployment committee with authority to establish and maintain a veterans' information service center in that municipality and each city and town is hereby authorized to make appropriations therefor.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-2.
RI Gen L § 30-23-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-23 - Veterans' Retraining and Reemployment Committees|Section 30-23-3 - Composition and purpose of local committees.

§ 30-23-3. Composition and purpose of local committees.Each local veterans' retraining and reemployment committee, hereinafter referred to as the "local committee", shall be fully representative of all federal, state, and local agencies serving veterans in the community, and of all community groups and institutions therein that are interested in, and can contribute to, the program for providing the veteran with one place in the locality where he or she can go in dignity for full information and adequate counsel and assistance in solving his or her problems.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-3; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 45.
RI Gen L § 30-23-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-23 - Veterans' Retraining and Reemployment Committees|Section 30-23-4 - Organization of local committees.

§ 30-23-4. Organization of local committees.The local committee shall elect a chairperson and such other officers as it may determine and may appoint an executive committee and subcommittees and define the duties of its officers and committees. The local committee may employ an executive secretary and clerical and other assistance within the amounts of appropriations available therefor. The officers and committees of the local committee shall serve at the pleasure of the local committee.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-4; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 45.
RI Gen L § 30-23-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-23 - Veterans' Retraining and Reemployment Committees|Section 30-23-5 - Duty of local committees.

§ 30-23-5. Duty of local committees.It shall be the duty of each local veterans' retraining and reemployment committee to mobilize and promote all existing community resources for the aid of the veteran in one place, through the establishment and maintenance of a veterans' information service center, wherein all veterans in the community shall be provided with full information concerning their rights and privileges under federal and state law; assistance in securing the benefits thereof; and advice and aid in solving the problems arising in the readjustment of their lives from war to peace time activities. It shall be the duty of each local committee to prescribe the duties of its veterans' information service center and to take counsel with the state committee and its subcommittees from time to time, to the end that there shall be in every community adequate information, efficient aid, and sound advice for the veteran, and uniformity of procedure in dealing with his or her problems.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-5.
RI Gen L § 30-23-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-23 - Veterans' Retraining and Reemployment Committees|Section 30-23-6 - Functions of information service centers.

§ 30-23-6. Functions of information service centers.The major function of the veterans' information service center shall be to provide information, aid, and counsel to all veterans in the community and their families and to maintain liaison with all existing federal, state, and local agencies. Actual determination of eligibility for benefits or special service must be the function of appropriate agencies. The veterans' information service center shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the local committee.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-6.
RI Gen L § 30-23-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-23 - Veterans' Retraining and Reemployment Committees|Section 30-23-7 - Previous actions ratified.

§ 30-23-7. Previous actions ratified.The actions before April 23, 1945, of cities and towns in establishing veterans' information service centers, and the appointment by the committees of executive secretaries and the hiring of clerical and other assistance, and the actions theretofore of cities and towns in allocating funds and making appropriations for those purposes, are hereby ratified and validated and all those actions shall have the same full force and effect as if they had been previously authorized by the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 8; P.L. 1948, ch. 2107, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-7.
RI Gen L § 30-24-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-1 - Management and control.

§ 30-24-1. Management and control.The management and control of the Rhode Island veterans' home, established in this state for those who served in the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, merchant marines, or air force of the United States in any war or conflict and were honorably discharged therefrom, who shall be in need of such care as is provided at the home, shall be the responsibility of the director of human services, or his or her designee.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 1901, ch. 809, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 104, § 1; P.L. 1914, ch. 1045, § 1; P.L. 1918, ch. 1633, § 1; P.L. 1919, ch. 1752, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 116, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 654, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-1; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5.
RI Gen L § 30-24-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-2 - Bylaws and regulations - Supervision by director.

§ 30-24-2. Bylaws and regulations — Supervision by director.(a) The director of human services, or his or her designee, shall have the general supervision over, and shall prescribe rules for, the government and management of the Rhode Island veterans' home. He or she shall make all needful bylaws and regulations governing the admission, maintenance, and discharge of the residents of the home, which shall not be inconsistent with the spirit and intent of this chapter, and generally may do all things necessary to successfully carry into effect the purposes of this chapter.(b) The director shall appoint and employ all subordinate officials and persons needed for the proper management of the home.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 88, §§ 3, 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 104, §§ 3, 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 116, §§ 3, 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 654, §§ 3, 4; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-2; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 46.
RI Gen L § 30-24-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-3 - Administrator - Advisory council.

§ 30-24-3. Administrator — Advisory council.(a) The director of veterans services shall appoint an administrator for the Rhode Island veterans' home who shall be an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Armed Forces.(b) There shall be an advisory council for veterans' affairs, consisting of not more than fifteen (15) qualified electors of this state, ten (10) of whom shall be honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the United States; twelve (12) of the members shall be appointed by the governor, consisting of a member designated by each of the various state departments of the active federally chartered veteran organizations, and the remaining member or members at large; provided, however, that each of those departments of veteran organizations shall have, and continue to have, at least one member on the advisory council for veterans' affairs; and, provided further, that one member shall be a female veteran, one member shall be a minority veteran; one member of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and one member from the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate. The members of the general assembly who shall serve on the advisory council for veterans' affairs shall serve so long as they are members of the general assembly. The final remaining member shall be an active National Guard person to be appointed by the state adjutant general.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 89; P.L. 1951, ch. 2696, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-3; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 429, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 62; P.L. 2001, ch. 361, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2017, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 153, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 43, § 1, effective June 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 44, § 1, effective June 11, 2021.
RI Gen L § 30-24-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-4 - Appointments to advisory council - Organization and meetings.

§ 30-24-4. Appointments to advisory council — Organization and meetings.Annually, on or before July 1, the governor shall appoint a successor of each member of the advisory council whose term expires, these appointments to be for a term of three (3) years. In case of any vacancy or additional members on the council, the governor shall appoint a new member for the unexpired portion of the term of that membership as hereinbefore provided. Members of the council shall serve without pay. The advisory council shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson for a period of one year and until a successor is elected and qualified. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chairperson; provided, however, that a majority of the members may call a meeting of the advisory council at any time, all members being notified in any case by mail and reasonably in advance of any such meetings. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The governor may remove a member of the council for neglect of duty. Administrative support for the council shall be provided by the director of veterans services.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 89; P.L. 1951, ch. 2696, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-4; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 429, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2017, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 153, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-24-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-5 - Functions of advisory council.

§ 30-24-5. Functions of advisory council.The advisory council for veterans' affairs shall exercise and perform all the duties and functions formerly exercised and performed by the advisory council for the Rhode Island veterans' home. The advisory council for the Rhode Island veterans' home is hereby abolished. The advisory council for veterans' affairs shall make suggestions to and shall advise the director of the office of veterans services; provided, however, that the advisory council shall have no administrative power.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 89; P.L. 1951, ch. 2696, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-5; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2016, ch. 142, art. 4, § 17; P.L. 2017, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 153, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-24-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-6 - Acceptance of gifts - Veterans' home restricted account.

§ 30-24-6. Acceptance of gifts — Veterans' home restricted account.(a) The director of human services is hereby authorized and empowered to take and receive in the name of the state any grant, devise, gift, or bequest of real or personal property that may be made for the use and benefit of the Rhode Island veterans' home or the residents or purposes thereof. All money so received, and all money received under the provisions of §§ 30-24-9 and 30-24-10, shall be paid over to the general treasurer and shall be kept by him or her as a restricted account to be known as the "veterans' home restricted account". Use of the "veterans' home restricted account" funds may only be made upon prior approval of the house of representatives' finance committee and senate finance committee. The director may sell and dispose of any real or personal property received under this section, and any property received under § 30-24-9, and the proceeds of the sale shall be paid over to the general treasurer to be made a part of the restricted account. The restricted account shall be used for the improvement of social, recreational, and educational programs, including the purchase of educational and recreational supplies and equipment for the welfare of members and for operational expenses and capital improvements at the veterans' home and veterans' cemetery, as deemed necessary by the director of human services.(b) [Deleted by P.L. 1999, ch. 11, section 5 .](c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, there is hereby established a restricted receipt account within the general fund of the state for the sole purpose of the collection and disbursement of any grant, devise, gift, or bequest of real or personal property that may be made for the use and benefit of the design, construction, and furnishing of a new Rhode Island veterans home in Bristol. This account shall be known as "donations — new veterans' home construction".History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 88, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 104, § 2; P.L. 1921, ch. 2035, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 116, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 654, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 65, 80; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-6; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 392, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 129, art. 9, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 6, art. 15, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 21, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 9, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 40, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 11, § 5; P.L. 2004, ch. 583, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 591, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 3, § 2.
RI Gen L § 30-24-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-7 - Repealed.

§ 30-24-7. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 88, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 104, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 116, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 654, § 13; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-7; Repealed by P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 2.
RI Gen L § 30-24-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-8 - Funds remaining at end of year.

§ 30-24-8. Funds remaining at end of year.The unexpended balance of such sum or sums of money as are received and appropriated as provided in § 30-24-6 for the veterans' home restricted account remaining in the treasury at the close of each fiscal year, shall be continued to, and is hereby annually appropriated for, the same account for the ensuing year.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 88, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 104, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 116, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 654, § 14; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-8; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1.
RI Gen L § 30-24-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-9 - Property of deceased residents.

§ 30-24-9. Property of deceased residents.All goods, chattels, property, money, and effects of a deceased resident of the Rhode Island veterans' home that have not been disposed of by him or her by a completed inter vivos conveyance or gift, or by a valid will, after payment therefrom of the funeral expenses, which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and after payment therefrom of the reasonable debts and expenses of the deceased resident to be determined by rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the director, shall upon his or her decease become the property of the state, and shall be applied by the director of human services, or his or her designee, to the uses and purposes of the veterans' restricted account; provided, however, that the director may, in his or her discretion, deliver to any surviving relative of the deceased resident any of the property or effects as may serve as a memento of the deceased resident. For purposes of this section, the provisions of chapter 24 of title 33 shall be applicable.History of Section.P.L. 1896, ch. 305, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 104, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 116, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 654, § 18; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-9; P.L. 1973, ch. 131, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 164, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 381, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 312, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2015, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 238, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 511, art. 2, § 46.
RI Gen L § 30-24-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-10.1 - Domiciliary care program for homeless veterans.

§ 30-24-10.1. Domiciliary care program for homeless veterans.The director of the department of human services is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and maintain a domiciliary care program for homeless veterans (veterans transitional supportive program, V.T.S.P.) at the Rhode Island veterans' home. Any veteran admitted to the Rhode Island veterans' home pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the maintenance fee assessment established pursuant to § 30-24-10; provided, however, that the director shall assess against each veteran admitted under this program a monthly maintenance fee equal to ten percent (10%) of the veteran's monthly gross income, from whatever source derived and whether taxable or non-taxable. In addition there will also be additional beds called extended, V.T.S.P. beds to which a monthly maintenance fee of thirty percent (30%) will be charged. Extended V.T.S.P. will be available to eligible veterans in the V.T.S.P. program, but occupancy will not exceed four (4) months. The maintenance fee shall be paid monthly to the veterans' home and shall be deposited in the veterans' home fund. Any failure to make payment when due shall be cause for dismissal from the facility. Prior to any dismissal for non-payment of fees, the veteran shall be afforded administrative due process. The director is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the intent and provisions of this section, and this grant of authority to promulgate rules and regulations shall be liberally construed.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 75, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5.
RI Gen L § 30-24-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense|Chapter 30-24 - Rhode Island Veterans' Home|Section 30-24-11 - Severability.

§ 30-24-11. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter is adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment will not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but will be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment has been rendered.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 164, § 3.