CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 1654

 

 

                    Chapter 65, Laws of 1999

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

 

 

VETERANS DEFINED

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the House March 16, 1999  Yeas 95   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 7, 1999

  Yeas 43   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1654  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           DEAN R. FOSTER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved April 21, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.           

                                FILED                

 

           April 21, 1999 - 3:13 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                          HOUSE BILL 1654

          _______________________________________________

 

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Kessler and Hatfield

 

Read first time 02/02/1999.  Referred to Committee on State Government.

Revising definition of veteran.    


    AN ACT Relating to veterans; and amending RCW 41.04.005.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 41.04.005 and 1996 c 300 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) As used in RCW 41.04.005, 41.16.220, and 41.20.050 "veteran" includes every person, who at the time he or she seeks the benefits of RCW 41.04.005, 41.04.010, 41.16.220, 41.20.050, 41.40.170, 73.04.110, or 73.08.080 has received an honorable discharge or received a discharge for physical reasons with an honorable record and who meets at least one of the following criteria:

    (a) The person has served between World War I and World War II or during any period of war, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, as either:

    (i) A member in any branch of the armed forces of the United States;

    (ii) A member of the women's air forces service pilots;

    (iii) A U.S. documented merchant mariner with service aboard an oceangoing vessel operated by the war shipping administration, the office of defense transportation, or their agents, ((during the period of armed conflict,)) from December 7, 1941, to ((August 15, 1945)) December 31, 1946; or

    (iv) A civil service crewmember with service aboard a U.S. army transport service or U.S. naval transportation service vessel in oceangoing service ((during the period of armed conflict,)) from December 7, 1941, to ((August 15, 1945)) December 31, 1946; or

    (b) The person has received the armed forces expeditionary medal, or marine corps and navy expeditionary medal, for opposed action on foreign soil, for service:

    (i) In any branch of the armed forces of the United States; or

    (ii) As a member of the women's air forces service pilots.

    (2) A "period of war" includes:

    (a) World War I;

    (b) World War II;

    (c) The Korean conflict;

    (d) The Vietnam era, which was the period beginning August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975;

    (e) The Persian Gulf War, which was the period beginning August 2, 1990, and ending on the date prescribed by presidential proclamation or law;

    (f) The period beginning on the date of any future declaration of war by the congress and ending on the date prescribed by presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the congress; and

    (g) The following armed conflicts, if the participant was awarded the respective campaign badge or medal:  The crisis in Lebanon; the invasion of Grenada; Panama, Operation Just Cause; Somalia, Operation Restore Hope; Haiti, Operation Uphold Democracy; and Bosnia, Operation Joint Endeavor.


    Passed the House March 16, 1999.

    Passed the Senate April 7, 1999.

Approved by the Governor April 21, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 21, 1999.