5626.E AMH SG REIL 1

ESB 5626 - H COMM AMD Adopted 3-6-02

By Committee on State Government

     On page 3, line 30, after Awhose@ insert Abranch of@

     On page 3, line 31, after Alicense@ strike Ameets@ and insert Ais included in@

     On page 4, line 14, after Adefined in@ strike all material through Aact@ on line 15 and insert ARCW 41.04.005@

     On page 4, line 14, after Aact@ strike Aor is@ and insert A((or is)) and is not@

     On page 4, line 35, strike entire Sec. 5 and insert the following:

ASec. 5.  RCW 72.36.035 and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

      For purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

     (1) "Actual bona fide residents of this state" means persons who have a domicile in the state of Washington immediately prior to application for admission to a state veterans' home.

     (2) "Department" means the Washington state department of veterans affairs.

     (3) "Domicile" means a person's true, fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation, and shall be the place where the person intends to remain, and to which the person expects to return when the person leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.

     (4) "State veterans' homes" means the Washington soldiers' home and colony in Orting, the Washington veterans' home in Retsil, and the eastern Washington veterans' home.

     (5) "Veteran" has the same meaning established in ((RCW 41.04.005))section 2 of this act.@

EFFECT: Clarifies the language defining service member for purposes of eligibility for a continuing valid drivers licence as any person currently serving in a branch of service as identified in the new definition of veteran, rather than any person whose service at the time of application meets the new definition of veteran, and makes other technical corrections.