CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1064

Chapter 448, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



VETERANS' BENEFITS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the House January 26, 2007
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 11, 2007
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


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 1064 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 14, 2007, 3:05 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 15, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1064
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Representatives Seaquist, Morrell, Haigh, Kelley, Miloscia, Hunt, Appleton, Conway, P. Sullivan, McDonald, Haler, Wallace, Moeller, B. Sullivan, Kenney, Hunter, Chase, Ormsby, Upthegrove and Hurst

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.


         Passed by the House January 26, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 11, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor May 14, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 15, 2007.