| Passed by the House January 26, 2007 Yeas 96 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 11, 2007 Yeas 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1064 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Prefiled 1/5/2007. Read first time 01/08/2007. Referred to Committee on State Gov & Tribal Affairs.
AN ACT Relating to veterans' benefits; amending RCW 41.04.007; and repealing RCW 73.08.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 41.04.007 and 2006 c 252 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 46.16.30920, 72.36.030, 41.04.010, 73.04.090,
73.04.110, 73.08.010, ((73.08.060,)) 73.08.070, 73.08.080, or
43.180.250 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;
(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.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 RCW 73.08.060 (Restrictions on sending
veterans or families to almshouses, etc.) and 2002 c 292 s 8, 1983 c
295 s 4, 1947 c 180 s 5, 1945 c 144 s 5, 1919 c 83 s 5, 1907 c 64 s 5,
& 1888 p 209 s 5 are each repealed.