10-2-115. County and multicounty veterans' service offices, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 10. MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

CHAPTER 2. VETERANS

Part 1. Board of Veterans' Affairs

County And Multicounty Veterans' Service Offices

10-2-115. (Temporary) County and multicounty veterans' service offices. (1) A county may provide for a county veterans' service office to assist veterans and their families in filing benefit claims.

(2) The governing body of two or more counties may enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish a multicounty veterans' service office that operates under the same guidelines as a single-county office.

(3) Veterans' service officers assigned to county veterans' service offices must be trained, accredited, and supervised in accordance with applicable provisions of 38 CFR 14.629.

(4) A county may fund its veterans' service office as provided for in 15-10-425 or through other means provided by law. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 6, Ch. 462, L. 2019.)

10-2-115. (Effective July 1, 2023) County veterans' service officers. A county may, with the advice of the board, provide for a county veterans' service officer to assist veterans and their families in filing benefit claims. If a county provides for a veterans' service officer under this section, the officer must be trained, accredited, and supervised in accordance with the applicable provisions of 38 CFR 14.629. A county may fund the position as provided for in 15-10-425 or through other means provided by law.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 491, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 462, L. 2019.