Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 274 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS › Division 30 - WAR VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS › Section 274-030-0500 - Definitions for 274-030-0500 to 274-030-0575

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Whenever used in these rules or any amendments thereof, or in
				any blank form, document, publication, or written instrument of any kind
				prescribed, provided, published, issued, or used by the Director of Veterans'
				Affairs of the State of Oregon or any of his duly authorized agents or
				employees in connection with the administration of the provisions of ORS
				406.310 to
				406.340 and
				406.450 to
				406.462, providing for
				distribution of funds to organizations and counties for rehabilitation
				services, the terms herein defined shall have the meanings herein set forth
				unless the context of the words with which a term is used shall clearly
				indicate a different meaning:
(1)
			 "Advisory Committee" shall mean the Advisory Committee to the Director of the
			 Department of Veterans' Affairs as provided for in ORS
			 406.210.
(2) "Benefits" shall mean funds available for
			 distribution to veterans' organizations and counties of the State of Oregon
			 under ORS 406.310 to
			 406.330 and
			 406.450 to
			 406.462.
(3) "Capital outlay" shall be synonymous with
			 and mean the same as "capital assets" as defined in the Oregon Accounting
			 Manual, Number 10.50.00 PR. Copies of the Oregon Accounting Manual are
			 available from the Department of Veterans' Affairs or the Department of
			 Administrative Services Division website.
(4) "County" shall mean a county which
			 carries on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work and which contracts for
			 or employs a part-time or full-time Service Officer.
(5) "County Service Officer" shall mean a
			 person contracted with or employed as a part-time or full-time agent or
			 employee of the governing body of the county whose duty is to carry on a
			 program of rehabilitation and service to veterans.
(6) "Department" means the Department of
			 Veterans' Affairs for the State of Oregon.
(7) "Director" shall mean Director of the
			 Department of Veterans' Affairs for the State of Oregon.
(8) "Funds Available" shall mean the funds
			 remaining from those that have been designated by the Director, with advice
			 from the Advisory Committee, to aid organizations and counties in connection
			 with their respective programs of service to veterans.
(9) "Rehabilitation and Service". For the
			 purpose of these rules, the words "rehabilitation" and "service to veterans"
			 shall be synonymous and shall be interpreted to mean assistance rendered by
			 paid Service Officers accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
(10) "Rehabilitation Program for
			 Two Years Preceding". For the purpose of these rules the phrase,
			 "
However, a veterans' organization does not qualify for benefits under
			 ORS 406.310 unless it has carried on
			 a program of veterans' rehabilitation work in Oregon for not less than two
			 years immediately preceding
", is interpreted to mean that, for the two
			 years immediately preceding application for benefits under ORS
			 406.310, a veterans'
			 organization must have in its employ a part-time or full-time paid Service
			 Officer who is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and who,
			 during the past two years, has been active in representing veterans before the
			 rating boards of the Portland Regional Office of the U.S. Department of
			 Veterans Affairs.
(11) "Service
			 Officer" shall mean a part-time or full-time paid state or national employee of
			 a veterans' organization who is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans
			 Affairs and employed to represent veterans before rating boards of the U.S.
			 Department of Veterans Affairs.
(12) "Supplant" means to remove from a
			 situation and replace or supply with a substitute.
(13) A "veterans' organization" shall mean a
			 veterans' organization accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
			 which has carried on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work in Oregon for
			 not less than two years immediately preceding application, by a part-time or
			 full-time paid Service Officer.
(14) "Voluntary Service Officer" shall mean
			 an appointee of a County Court or Board of Commissioners who acts as County
			 Service Officer without remuneration.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 406 &
				  408.410
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  406.030,
				  406.215,
				  406.217,
				  406.450 - 462