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<br />Page 1 <br /> <br />Citation/Title <br />ND Code Sec. 37-14-18, County veterans' service officer--Appointment--Duties <br /> <br />*26427 NDCC,37-14-18 <br /> <br />WEST'S NORTH DAKOTA CENTURY CODE ANNOTATED <br />TITLE 37. MILITARY <br />CHAPTER 37-14. VETERANS' RELIEF AND REHABILITATION <br /> <br />Current through the 2008 general election <br /> <br />t 37-14-18. County veterans' service officer-Appointment-Duties <br /> <br />The board of county commissioners of each county of the state of North Dakota shall appoint, employ, and pay, on a full-time <br />or part-time basis, an officer to be known as a county veterans' service officer. An individual may serve as a county veterans' service <br />officer in more than one county. The appointment must be made with the prior advice of the commissioner of veterans' affairs, and in <br />accordance with veterans' preference as provided in section 37-19.1-02. It is the duty of the county veterans' service officer to become <br />acquainted with the laws, both state and federal, enacted for the benefit of returning servicemen and servicewomen to assist such <br />returning members of the armed forces in the presentation, proof, and establishment of such claims, privileges, and rights as they have. <br />It also is the duty of the county veterans' service officer to actively cooperate with and to coordinate the activities of the state and <br />federal agencies within the county which the officer serves to facilitate their operation and ensure promptness in the solution of the <br />problems concerned with the reestablishment of returning servicemen and servicewomen in civilian pursuits. <br /> <br />SL 1944, Sp. Sess., ch. 30, ~ 1; SL 1945, ch. 236, H 1,2; S.L. 1947, ch. 246, ~ 1; SL. 1971, ch. 344, ~ 15; SL. 1987, ch. 420, ~ 1; SL. 2005, ch. 311, ~ 1; <br />S.L. 2005, ch. 316, ~ 1. <br /> <br />Codifications: R.e. 1943, 1957 Supp., ~ 37-1418. <br /> <br />REFERENCES <br /> <br />LIBRARY REFERENCES <br /> <br />Armed Services ~102. <br />Westlaw Topic No. 34k102. <br />C.J.S. Armed Services ~~ 1,313. <br /> <br />ANNOTATIONS <br /> <br />NOTES OF DECISIONS <br /> <br />Duties of officer 1 <br /> <br />-26428 1. Duties of offICer <br /> <br />The county veterans' service officer has a duty to assist veterans at the Veterans' Home in Ransom County regardless ofthe veterans' legal residence. 2005 <br />N.D. OpAtty.Gen. No. L-04, 2005 WL 192141 (Jan. 25,2005). <br /> <br />@ 2009 Thomson Reuters. No claim to original U.S. Govt. works. <br />