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AL Code § 31-6-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 6 - Veterans' and Dependents' Educational Benefits.|Section 31-6-12 - Department of Veterans' Affairs to Inform Veterans, etc., of Benefits Under Chapter; Furnishing of Forms, etc.; Forwarding of Certificate of Eligibility, etc., to Educational Institutions.

Section 31-6-12Department of Veterans' Affairs to inform veterans, etc., of benefits under chapter; furnishing of forms, etc.; forwarding of certificate of eligibility, etc., to educational institutions. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs is hereby charged with the duty of informing the veterans and their dependents in this state, through its county service commissioners and all other sources at its command, of the provisions of this chapter in order that those veterans and their dependents may know of the benefits provided in this chapter. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs shall furnish and assist in preparing and producing all necessary blanks, forms, and other matters necessary for the veterans, their wives, widows, or children to obtain the benefits provided under this chapter. The State Service Commissioner shall cause to be forwarded to the state institution of higher learning, college or university, or state trade school of the applicant's choice, a certificate of eligibility and entitlement, or other necessary proof for the veteran, his wife, widow, or child to obtain the benefits made available hereby. (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §7.)
AL Code § 31-6-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 6 - Veterans' and Dependents' Educational Benefits.|Section 31-6-13 - Faculties of Universities, Trade Schools, etc., to Be Informed and to Inform Veterans' Dependents of Benefits Provided.

Section 31-6-13Faculties of universities, trade schools, etc., to be informed and to inform veterans' dependents of benefits provided. The president or head of each state institution of higher learning or college or university or state trade school must inform the faculty members of each respective institution of the provisions and benefits of this chapter, who in turn shall inform the wives, widows, and children of veterans attending such institutions as to their rights and benefits under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §8.)
AL Code § 31-6-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 6 - Veterans' and Dependents' Educational Benefits.|Section 31-6-14 - County and City Teachers to Be Informed and to Inform Veterans' Dependents of Benefits Provided.

Section 31-6-14County and city teachers to be informed and to inform veterans' dependents of benefits provided. The county superintendent of education and the city superintendent of schools in each respective county and city must inform the teachers of their county and city of the provisions and benefits of this chapter, who in turn shall inform the children of veterans as to their rights and benefits under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §9.)
AL Code § 31-6-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 6 - Veterans' and Dependents' Educational Benefits.|Section 31-6-15 - Reimbursement of Educational Institutions Providing Benefits to Veterans and Dependents.

Section 31-6-15Reimbursement of educational institutions providing benefits to veterans and dependents.  The benefits provided in this chapter shall be paid from an annual appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to reimburse every Alabama state institution of higher learning, college, university, or Alabama community or technical college in which benefits are given to veterans, their wives, widows, or children under this chapter. Such reimbursement shall be made timely at the end of each academic quarter or semester for all tuition reimbursements for the certified invoices submitted by such institution or school to the State Department of Veterans' Affairs, and shall be supported by names of the students receiving such benefits, together with the amounts claimed for each student. Any amount of in-state tuition, books, or fees not paid by the combination of federal, state, and third party funds may be billed to students receiving such benefits or waived by the institution or school. (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §10; Acts 1957, No. 617, p. 883, §6; Acts 1965, No. 767, p. 1378, §3; Act 2014-177, p. 509, §1; Act 2017-349, §1.)
AL Code § 31-6-15.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 6 - Veterans' and Dependents' Educational Benefits.|Section 31-6-15.1 - Annual Report.

Section 31-6-15.1Annual report. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall report to the Legislature by January 1st of each year, the number of applicants approved in the previous fiscal year and those approved as of the reporting date for the current fiscal year, the number of students by years of remaining eligibility, and the costs of the previous fiscal year’s expenditures to the program by each category of public institution of higher learning to include the number of students who attended each of those institutions. (Act 2017-349, §3(a).)
AL Code § 31-6-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 6 - Veterans' and Dependents' Educational Benefits.|Section 31-6-16 - Entrance Requirements of Educational Institutions Not Affected by Chapter.

Section 31-6-16Entrance requirements of educational institutions not affected by chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as lowering the standards or requirements, or as to making any exceptions thereto for entrance into any of the state schools or institutions affected by this chapter. All applicants, in order to obtain the educational benefits of this chapter, must first meet all scholastic and other requirements for entrance into any of the schools coming within the purview of this chapter. (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §11.)
AL Code § 31-6-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 6 - Veterans' and Dependents' Educational Benefits.|Section 31-6-17 - Prior Statutes Superseded; Rights Under Prior Statutes Preserved.

Section 31-6-17Prior statutes superseded; rights under prior statutes preserved. This chapter shall supersede the provisions of Act No. 633, approved September 19, 1949, and Act No. 44, approved October 31, 1950; provided, however, that no substantive rights, privileges, or benefits which have presently accrued or been conferred under the provisions of such acts shall be abrogated, limited, modified, or destroyed by this chapter, but shall continue in effect. (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §16.)
AL Code § 31-7-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 7 - Bonus for Southeast Asian War Prisoners.|Section 31-7-1 - Amount; to Whom Payable; Payments to Next of Kin of Persons Who Died While Imprisoned.

Section 31-7-1Amount; to whom payable; payments to next of kin of persons who died while imprisoned. A gratuity in the amount of $500 shall be paid out of the General Fund in the State Treasury to any person who entered the armed services while he was a bona fide resident of the State of Alabama and who was imprisoned as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia. In the event any person who qualified for the payment of this bonus died while such a prisoner, the gratuity shall be paid to his next of kin. For the purposes of this chapter the term "next of kin" shall be the person or persons designated to receive the prisoner's G.I. insurance. (Acts 1973, No. 760, p. 1138, §1.)
AL Code § 31-7-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 7 - Bonus for Southeast Asian War Prisoners.|Section 31-7-2 - Assignment, Attachment, etc., Prohibited; Bonus Not Subject to State Taxation.

Section 31-7-2Assignment, attachment, etc., prohibited; bonus not subject to state taxation. No assignment or pledge as security for a loan or any right or claim to the bonus under this chapter shall be valid. No sum payable under this chapter to a veteran shall be subject to attachment, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process, or be subject to taxation, either as income or otherwise, by the State of Alabama. (Acts 1973, No. 760, p. 1138, §2.)
AL Code § 31-7-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 7 - Bonus for Southeast Asian War Prisoners.|Section 31-7-3 - Department of Veterans' Affairs to Adopt Rules and Procedures for Application for Bonus, Determination of Eligibility, Payment, Etc.

Section 31-7-3Department of Veterans' Affairs to adopt rules and procedures for application for bonus, determination of eligibility, payment, etc. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs shall have complete charge and control of the payment of the bonus authorized in this chapter and may adopt general rules for the making of such payments, the ascertainment and selection of proper recipients of the bonus and the procedure for applying for and receiving bonuses. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt general rules for determining the question of whether an applicant possesses the prerequisite qualification of residence in the State of Alabama at the time he entered the armed forces and such department shall prescribe by rule the nature of proof to be submitted to establish such facts as are necessary to claim the bonus provided for by this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 760, p. 1138, §3.)
AL Code § 31-7-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 7 - Bonus for Southeast Asian War Prisoners.|Section 31-7-4 - Application for Bonus.

Section 31-7-4Application for bonus. All applications for bonus or gratuity payments provided in this chapter must be made to the State Department of Veterans' Affairs. No payment shall be made under this chapter except on applications duly received and approved by the department. (Acts 1973, No. 760, p. 1138, §4.)
AL Code § 31-7-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 7 - Bonus for Southeast Asian War Prisoners.|Section 31-7-5 - Issuance of Warrant Upon Approval of Application; Warrant to Be Paid Out of General Fund.

Section 31-7-5Issuance of warrant upon approval of application; warrant to be paid out of General Fund. Upon approving an application for a bonus the State Department of Veterans' Affairs shall direct the state Comptroller to issue a warrant in the proper amount to the person entitled to receive the bonus. Such warrant shall be paid out of the General Fund in the State Treasury from any moneys therein not otherwise appropriated. (Acts 1973, No. 760, p. 1138, §5.)
AL Code § 31-8-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-1 - State Department of Human Resources to Provide for Payment of Pensions Under Chapter.

Section 31-8-1State Department of Human Resources to provide for payment of pensions under chapter. The State Department of Human Resources, by and through the State Board of Human Resources and the Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to provide for the payment to the widows of Confederate veterans and others entitled thereto the pension provided therefor pursuant to this chapter. (Acts 1959, No. 402, p. 1034, §5.)
AL Code § 31-8-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-2 - Persons Entitled to Pension.

Section 31-8-2Persons entitled to pension. The widow of any person who actually served as a soldier or sailor in the army or navy of the Confederate States of America or of the State of Alabama for or during the period of the War Between the States, who was married to such soldier or sailor prior to January 1, 1904, or was married to such soldier or sailor for at least one year prior to the time of his death, regardless of whether his death occurred before or after September 23, 1919, and who has not remarried, except as provided in Section 31-8-3, and who was not at the time of her husband's death separated from him by divorce or was not voluntarily living apart from her husband during the period of one year prior to his death, and whose husband did not desert the service of the State of Alabama or the Confederate states, and who is an actual bona fide resident of Alabama and has been such for a period of five years prior to the filing of the application, and the widow of any Confederate soldier or sailor on the pension roll at the time of his death, shall be entitled to relief under the provisions of this chapter. (Code 1907, §§1997, 2009; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Acts 1920, No. 132, p. 168; Acts 1923, No. 246, p. 250; Code 1923, §§2938, 2945; Code 1940, T. 60, §§7, 9; Acts 1945, No. 244, p. 366; Acts 1947, No. 413, p. 303; Acts 1955, No. 328, p. 743; Acts 1963, No. 572, p. 1194.)
AL Code § 31-8-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-3 - Entitlement of Remarried Widows.

Section 31-8-3Entitlement of remarried widows. Any widow, entitled to draw a pension under the provisions of this chapter, who has remarried, shall be entitled to and may draw a pension as is provided for widows upon the death of her last husband, or in the event she should be divorced from him by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. (Acts 1927, No. 126, p. 87; Code 1940, T. 60, §8; Acts 1943, No. 594, p. 610; Acts 1951, No. 914, p. 1564.)
AL Code § 31-8-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-4 - Certain Persons Not to Be Placed on Pension Roll.

Section 31-8-4Certain persons not to be placed on pension roll. The State Department of Human Resources shall not place on the pension rolls of the state the name of the widow of any person or persons who served only in the state troops, state militia, or home guard. (Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2970; Code 1940, T. 60, §11.)
AL Code § 31-8-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-5 - Forms, etc., for Use by Applicants.

Section 31-8-5Forms, etc., for use by applicants. The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources shall furnish to the county departments of human resources all necessary forms and stationery to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The cost of such forms and stationery shall be paid by the state as is other stationery. (Code 1907, §§2021, 2022; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2953; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 172, p. 204; Code 1940, T. 60, §12.)
AL Code § 31-8-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-6 - Applications to Be Filed With and Forwarded by County Department of Human Resources.

Section 31-8-6Applications to be filed with and forwarded by county department of human resources. All applications for pensions under this chapter shall be filed with the county department of human resources and shall be immediately forwarded by it together with all papers pertaining thereto, to the State Department of Human Resources. (Code 1907, §2012; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2946; Code 1940, T. 60, §13.)
AL Code § 31-8-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-7 - Application for Placement on Pension Roll.

Section 31-8-7Application for placement on pension roll. The widow of any Confederate soldier or sailor, deeming herself entitled to the benefits of this chapter, shall file with the county department of human resources of the county of which she is a bona fide resident, her application in writing, sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths, on blanks furnished by the county department of human resources, such blanks conforming substantially to the requirements set forth in Section 31-8-2. The application shall show the name of the deceased husband and the date of his death, his company and regiment, the date of the widow's marriage, her age at the time of making the application, and whether application has been made before and rejected or her name dropped from the pension roll before, and if so, when and the reason assigned. (Code 1907, §2008; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2944; Code 1940, T. 60, §15.)
AL Code § 31-8-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-8 - Certificates to Accompany Application.

Section 31-8-8Certificates to accompany application. No applicant will have her name placed upon the pension rolls of this state unless at least one witness who was a Confederate soldier and can establish his record as such certifies to the fact that the husband of the applicant rendered the service as set forth in the application. In addition thereto there shall be required with an application for a pension under this chapter the certificate of two disinterested witnesses that the applicant is trustworthy and reliable and that they have full reason to believe and do believe that the statements made in the application are true and correct. If the Confederate archives in the City of Washington or the Department of Archives and History in Montgomery show the service of the husband of the applicant for a pension, the affidavit of the person who served in the service of the Confederate states, or the State of Alabama, as above set out, need not be required. (Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2947; Code 1940, T. 60, §16.)
AL Code § 31-8-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-9 - Proof of Service of Husband.

Section 31-8-9Proof of service of husband. Upon the application of the widow of any Confederate soldier or sailor, or the widow of any Alabama soldier or sailor who served in the state in the War Between the States, the fact of her deceased husband's having served as alleged, and of his not deserting, may be proven by the affidavit of two reliable witnesses who are acquainted with the facts; or if such witnesses cannot be found, upon affidavit to that fact, it may be proven by any evidence that will satisfactorily prove the truth of such facts. Whenever the proof of such facts is made by evidence other than the affidavit of two reliable witnesses, such evidence shall be reduced to writing and subscribed and sworn to by the witness offering the evidence. (Code 1907, §§2054, 2055; Code 1923, §§2991, 2992; Code 1940, T. 60, §§17, 18.)
AL Code § 31-8-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-11 - Disposition of Rejected Applications.

Section 31-8-11Disposition of rejected applications. All applications rejected by the State Department of Human Resources shall be entered upon a permanent record with reasons for such rejection, and the original application and all papers connected therewith shall be returned to the county department of human resources, which shall file them for permanent preservation and reference. (Code 1907, §2019; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2952; Code 1940, T. 60, §21.)
AL Code § 31-8-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-12 - Reapplication.

Section 31-8-12Reapplication. An applicant who has been rejected may file her application again after the lapse of three months, but if only the original application and no new or additional proof shall be offered, the county department of human resources shall refuse to consider the application. (Code 1907, §2027; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2962; Code 1940, T. 60, §22.)
AL Code § 31-8-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-13 - Persons Becoming Resident Citizens of Other States to Be Dropped From Pension Roll; Right of Reinstatement; Temporary Absence From State.

Section 31-8-13Persons becoming resident citizens of other states to be dropped from pension roll; right of reinstatement; temporary absence from state. Any widow receiving a pension under this chapter who shall become a resident citizen of another state shall be dropped from the pension roll of this state, and the county department of human resources is expressly prohibited from delivering the pension warrant to any payee who is at the time of such delivery a resident citizen of another state. On the return of any such pensioner to the state and the reestablishment by her of residence in this state, the name of such pensioner shall be restored to the pension roll; provided, however, that if a pensioner temporarily removes to another state, but does not abandon her legal residence in this state, such pensioner shall not be dropped from the pension roll but shall be retained thereon, and her warrant shall be sent by registered or certified mail to the temporary address of such pensioner, return receipt requested. (Acts 1939, No. 483, p. 684; Code 1940, T. 60, §23.)
AL Code § 31-8-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-14 - Application for Reinstatement to Pension Roll.

Section 31-8-14Application for reinstatement to pension roll. Any widow whose name has been dropped from the pension rolls of this state since January 1, 1922, and who is a bona fide resident citizen of this state at the time of making application for restoration of her name to the pension rolls of the state may have her name restored to the pension roll of this state by making application before the county department of human resources of the county of her residence, setting forth in the application the name of the county in which she was residing at the time her name was stricken from the pension roll, and the names of the places, counties and states where she has resided since her name was dropped from the pension roll of Alabama, such application to be supported by affidavit of the applicant and proof of two witnesses as to her bona fide residence in this state. Such application shall be forwarded by the county department of human resources to the State Department of Human Resources and if, on investigation by the board, the facts set forth in the application are found to be true and correct, the board shall order the name of such person restored to the pension rolls of the state. (Acts 1927, No. 146, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 60, §24.)
AL Code § 31-8-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 8 - Pensions for Widows of Confederate Veterans.|Section 31-8-15 - Restoration of Pensioner Dropped From Roll Through Error, Etc.

Section 31-8-15Restoration of pensioner dropped from roll through error, etc. Whenever it is made to appear to the county department of human resources that the name of a pensioner has through any error or omission or inadvertence been dropped from or left off the list of pensioners, it shall certify such fact and the length of time omitted or dropped and the amount due such pensioner, to the State Department of Human Resources, and if it is satisfactorily shown that such pensioner is justly entitled to be restored, the State Department of Human Resources shall order and the Comptroller shall issue his warrant for the amount shown to be due, the warrant to be delivered to the pensioner as other warrants are delivered. (Code 1907, §2037; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2965; Code 1940, T. 60, §25.)