CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1307

Chapter 251, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



VETERANS--DEFINITION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the House April 19, 2005
  Yeas 97   Nays 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 14, 2005
  Yeas 37   Nays 1


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1307 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 3, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 3, 2005 - 4:45 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1307
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Representatives Haigh, Eickmeyer, Wallace, P. Sullivan, Morrell, Sells, Miloscia, Takko, Ormsby, McCoy, Conway, McDermott and Chase

Read first time 01/20/2005.   Referred to Committee on State Government Operations & Accountability.



     AN ACT Relating to defining veteran for certain purposes; and amending RCW 41.04.007.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 41.04.007 and 2002 c 292 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     "Veteran" includes every person, who at the time he or she seeks the benefits of RCW 72.36.030, 41.04.010, 73.04.090, 73.04.110, 73.08.010, 73.08.060, 73.08.070, or 73.08.080 has received an honorable discharge or received a discharge for medical reasons with an honorable record, where applicable, and who has served in at least one of the following capacities:
     (1) As a member in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, including the national guard and armed forces reserves, and has fulfilled his or her initial military service obligation;
     (2) As a member of the women's air forces service pilots;
     (3) As a member of the armed forces reserves, national guard, or coast guard, and has been called into federal service by a presidential select reserve call up for at least one hundred eighty cumulative days;
     (4) As a civil service crewmember with service aboard a U.S. army transport service or U.S. naval transportation service vessel in oceangoing service from December 7, 1941, through December 31, 1946; ((or))
     (5) As a member of the Philippine armed forces/scouts during the period of armed conflict from December 7, 1941, through August 15, 1945; or
     (6) A United States documented merchant mariner with service aboard an oceangoing vessel operated by the department of defense, or its agents, from both June 25, 1950, through July 27, 1953, in Korean territorial waters and from August 5, 1964, through May 7, 1975, in Vietnam territorial waters, and who received a military commendation
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         Passed by the House April 19, 2005.
         Passed by the Senate April 14, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 3, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 3, 2005.