Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 10 - Adjutant General › Chapter 7 - Missouri Military Family Relief Fund › Section 11 CSR 10-7.010 - Missouri Military Family Relief Fund

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes guidelines as required
				  by section
				  41.216,
				  RSMo, to administer the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund, which provides an
				  opportunity to receive donations from individuals or corporations and also on
				  standard individual income tax forms, to allow taxpayers to contribute to the
				  Missouri Military Family Relief Fund. It provides the adjutant general with the
				  power to make grants from the fund to members and families of the Missouri
				  National Guard members or to reserve component members and families who are
				  Missouri residents and were called to active military service as a result of
				  the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
(1) Definitions as used in this rule, unless
				the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean:
(A) Adjutant general-as defined in Chapter
				41,
Revised Statutes of Missouri,
section
				41.110;
(B) Families of members-a husband, wife,
				child, mother, father, brother, sister, or other person who has been approved
				as a dependent and is enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting
				System (DEERS) in accordance with applicable military regulations. A custodial
				parent or guardian of a member's dependent may apply for a grant on behalf of
				that dependent;
(C) Interested
				party-non-family member granted power of attorney by the service
				member;
(D) Active duty-military
				service performed as state active duty under 41.480 and/or 44.415, RSMo;
				military service performed under the provisions of Title 32,
United
				States Code;
or military service performed under the provisions of
				Title 10,
United States Code;
(E) Reserve component-reserve forces of the
				United States: Air Force Reserve, Army Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, Marine
				Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve;
(F)
				Duty as a result of September 11, 2001-Title 10 or Title 32 active duty service
				of a minimum of thirty (30) consecutive days, directly related to the
				President's Partial Mobilization Authority in response to the attacks
				(currently referred to as Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Iraqi Freedom and
				Operation Enduring Freedom); any future operations as determined by the
				president; or any future operations as determined by the governor of
				Missouri;
(G) Missouri Military
				Family Relief Fund (MMFRF).as defined in Chapter 41, Revised Statutes of
				Missouri, section
				41.218;
(H) Review panel-a Command Sergeants Major of
				the Missouri National Guard, an active or retired Command Sergeants Major of a
				reserve component or its equivalent and a representative of the Missouri
				Veterans. Commission;
(I) MMFRF
				coordinator.individual appointed by the adjutant general to serve as recorder
				for the review panel and to execute administrative functions relative to the
				Missouri Military Family Relief Fund; and
(J) Quality of Life and Medical Based Grants
				(QLMBG).grants for generally accepted living expenses; housing, transportation,
				utilities, repairs, groceries, etc. This grant excludes luxury items such as
				cable TV, vacations, alcohol, etc.