Nebraska § 80-401.03 Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund; director; duties; applications for aid; state service office

Nebraska Statutes

§ 80-401.03 — Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund; director; duties; applications for aid; state service office

Nebraska § 80-401.03

Ch. 80Servicemembers and Veterans

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 80-401.03 (2026).

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(1)The Director of Veterans' Affairs shall be responsible for the administration of the income funds from the Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund for the aid of needy veterans and their dependents.

(2)The Director of Veterans' Affairs, the deputy director, or a designee of the director shall receive and approve for payment or disapprove applications for aid which shall originate with any local post service officer of any recognized veterans organization, with a county veterans service officer, or with a state service officer. An applicant may only submit one claim within any thirty-day period, except that there may be an additional application for funeral expenses. An application shall not be deemed to be filed until it has been received and filed in the office of the Director of Veterans' Affai

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(1) The Director of Veterans' Affairs shall be responsible for the administration of the income funds from the Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund for the aid of needy veterans and their dependents.
(2) The Director of Veterans' Affairs, the deputy director, or a designee of the director shall receive and approve for payment or disapprove applications for aid which shall originate with any local post service officer of any recognized veterans organization, with a county veterans service officer, or with a state service officer. An applicant may only submit one claim within any thirty-day period, except that there may be an additional application for funeral expenses. An application shall not be deemed to be filed until it has been received and filed in the office of the Director of Veterans' Affairs. The director may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for administering such aid.
(3) No part of the interest accumulation of the Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund shall be expended for the purpose of organizing and maintaining any veterans organization. There shall be expended under the direction of the Director of Veterans' Affairs such sum or sums as may be specifically appropriated by the Legislature for the employment of necessary assistants or deputies and clerical employees at such reasonable compensation as may be fixed by the director in each particular case and for the maintenance and expenses of a state service office with necessary service officers and assistants to prepare and present meritorious cases of ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen for benefits before the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Such cases shall be accepted by the state service officer on behalf of any claimant when a proper power of attorney is given by such claimant to the office of the Director of Veterans' Affairs or to a state service officer, if he or she is so designated by any recognized veterans organization as its sole representative, and regardless of where the cases originate. No part of such sum or sums is to be paid out of the twelve-million-dollar trust fund or the income therefrom. Upon the completion of the trust, the principal fund so held by the State Treasurer shall revert to the treasury of the state.
(4) For purposes of this section, veteran means any person who:
(a) Served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, other than active duty for training, and who:
(i) Was discharged or otherwise separated with a characterization of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) from such service; or
(ii) Died while in service or as a direct result of such service; or
(b) Being a citizen of the United States at the time of his or her entry into such service, served with the military forces of any government allied with the United States during any period identified in section 80-401.01 and was discharged or otherwise separated with a characterization of honorable or general (under honorable conditions).

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1947, c. 306, § 4, p. 928; Laws 1951, c. 304, § 1, p. 997; Laws 1951, c. 301, § 2, p. 991; Laws 1953, c. 326, § 1, p. 1078; Laws 1963, c. 497, § 1, p. 1587; Laws 1967, c. 563, § 1, p. 1856; Laws 1969, c. 754, § 3, p. 2838; Laws 1969, c. 755, § 1, p. 2843; Laws 1985, LB 49, § 2; Laws 1991, LB 2, § 24; Laws 1997, LB 441, § 1; Laws 2002, LB 977, § 1; Laws 2005, LB 54, § 31; Laws 2024, LB252, § 3; Laws 2025, LB419, § 2. Effective Date: September 3, 2025 Cross References: Constitutional provisions: Bonds of heads of executive departments, see Article IV, section 26, Constitution of Nebraska. Executive department heads, appointment and removal, see Article IV, sections 1 and 12, Constitution of Nebraska. Official oath of executive officers, see Article XV, section 1, Constitution of Nebraska. Reports to Governor, see Article IV, sections 22 and 23, Constitution of Nebraska. Adoption and promulgation of rules and regulations, see Chapter 84, article 9. Bond of director and assistants, see Chapter 11 and section 81-111. Official oaths of office, see sections 11-101 to 11-101.02 and 81-110. Qualifications of director and other personnel, see section 80-410. State administrative departments, general provisions, see Chapter 81, article 1.