Title 31

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as lowering the standards or requirements, or as to making any exceptions for entrance into any of the qualifying schools affected by this chapter. All applicants, in order to obtain the educational benefits of this chapter, must first m…

This chapter shall supersede the provisions of Act No. 633, approved September 19, 1949, and Act No. 44, approved October 31, 1950; provided, however, that no substantive rights, privileges, or benefits which have presently accrued or been conferred under the provisions of such a…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) ARMED FORCES. Includes the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. (2) COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION AND POSTSECONDARY PROGRAM FOR STU…

For the purposes of this chapter, in addition to any other benefits granted under this chapter, any child of a disabled or deceased veteran or otherwise eligible for educational benefits under this chapter who is admitted to attend and attends a comprehensive transition and posts…

Tuition benefits received pursuant to Sections 31-6-4 through 31-6-6 shall be called “Alabama G.I. Dependents’ Scholarships.” (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §13; Act 2022-91, §1.)

(a)(1) Any child whose father or mother meets any of the following criteria may attend any qualifying school for a period of five standard academic years, not to exceed 45 months or the equivalent of 45 months if enrolled part-time, pursuant to the tuition reimbursement guideline…

(a)(1) Any spouse or widow whose spouse, during their marriage, meets any of the following criteria shall be entitled to training in any qualifying school for a period of five standard academic years, not to exceed 45 months, or to training for the equivalent of 45 months if enro…

(a) The spouse and children of any veteran who is suffering from 40 to 90 percent service-connected disability brought about from service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or the widow and children of a deceased veteran who was suffering from 40 percent or more of service…

The benefits under this chapter shall not extend beyond the lives of the immediate children of the veteran concerned. (Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §11-C.)

(a) For those dependents who first file for benefits under this chapter prior to July 31, 2017, the benefits provided under this chapter shall be in addition to any other state or federal benefits to which that dependent may be entitled. (b) For dependents who first file for bene…

A gratuity in the amount of $500 shall be paid out of the General Fund in the State Treasury to any person who entered the armed services while he was a bona fide resident of the State of Alabama and who was imprisoned as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, o…

No assignment or pledge as security for a loan or any right or claim to the bonus under this chapter shall be valid. No sum payable under this chapter to a veteran shall be subject to attachment, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process, or be subject to taxation, ei…

The State Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall have complete charge and control of the payment of the bonus authorized in this chapter and may adopt general rules for the making of such payments, the ascertainment and selection of proper recipients of the bonus and the procedure…

All applications for bonus or gratuity payments provided in this chapter must be made to the State Department of Veterans’ Affairs. No payment shall be made under this chapter except on applications duly received and approved by the department. (Acts 1973, No. 760, p. 1138, §4.)

Upon approving an application for a bonus the State Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall direct the state Comptroller to issue a warrant in the proper amount to the person entitled to receive the bonus. Such warrant shall be paid out of the General Fund in the State Treasury fro…

The State Department of Human Resources, by and through the State Board of Human Resources and the Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to provide for the payment to the widows of Confederate veterans and others ent…

All applications rejected by the State Department of Human Resources shall be entered upon a permanent record with reasons for such rejection, and the original application and all papers connected therewith shall be returned to the county department of human resources, which shal…

An applicant who has been rejected may file her application again after the lapse of three months, but if only the original application and no new or additional proof shall be offered, the county department of human resources shall refuse to consider the application. (Code 1907, …

Any widow receiving a pension under this chapter who shall become a resident citizen of another state shall be dropped from the pension roll of this state, and the county department of human resources is expressly prohibited from delivering the pension warrant to any payee who is…

Any widow whose name has been dropped from the pension rolls of this state since January 1, 1922, and who is a bona fide resident citizen of this state at the time of making application for restoration of her name to the pension rolls of the state may have her name restored to th…

Whenever it is made to appear to the county department of human resources that the name of a pensioner has through any error or omission or inadvertence been dropped from or left off the list of pensioners, it shall certify such fact and the length of time omitted or dropped and …

No applicant who has been purposely stricken from the pension roll shall be entitled to any back pay for the time her name was stricken from the roll, and no back pay shall in any case be granted except to those making application, as set forth in this chapter. (Acts 1919, No. 40…

If it shall be ascertained that any pensioner under this chapter secured the grant of her pension by misrepresentation, either by herself or others, the name of such pensioner shall be stricken from the pension roll of the state and the facts reported by the county department of …

When it shall be reported to the State Department of Human Resources or it shall come to their knowledge that any person whose name is on the pension roll is not entitled to a pension or through fraud or misrepresentation has been placed on the pension roll, and has been receivin…

There shall be paid monthly to each and every widow of a Confederate soldier and sailor, who is now on the pension roll of this state or who may hereafter be placed on the pension roll of this state, the sum of not less than $150 for each month. There is hereby continuously appro…

The widow of any person who actually served as a soldier or sailor in the army or navy of the Confederate States of America or of the State of Alabama for or during the period of the War Between the States, who was married to such soldier or sailor prior to January 1, 1904, or wa…

All pensions to the widows of Confederate soldiers and sailors are to be paid in monthly payments on the first day of each month by warrant drawn on the Treasurer by the State Department of Human Resources in favor of each and every pensioner for the amount due each pensioner as …

Pension warrants shall be sent from the office of the State Department of Human Resources to reach the county department of human resources in each county not later than the last day of each month. (Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2956; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 172, p…

The State Department of Human Resources shall deliver to the respective county department of human resources all such warrants for pensioners on the pension roll of that county. The county department of human resources shall deliver such warrants to the payees in their respective…

The county department of human resources, in the event it does not know that the person applying for such warrant is the identical person named in such warrant and entitled thereto, must require satisfactory proof of these facts before the delivery of such warrant. (Acts 1919, No…

Should a widow who is a pensioner under this chapter die leaving a minor child or children, a warrant equal to the total amount of the next three monthly payments succeeding the death of the pensioner shall be issued and delivered, as other pension warrants are issued and deliver…

No person shall purchase or receive a transfer of any pension or warrant issued or to be issued under this chapter before the date provided for issuing warrants provided in this chapter, unless in writing transferred for face value or for supplies of merchandise, or unless discou…

Any person who shall purchase or receive a transfer of any pension claim or warrant issued or to be issued under the pension laws for the relief of needy widows of Confederate soldiers or sailors before the same is received by the county department of human resources, except as o…

During the month of January of each year, the county department of human resources shall publish in a newspaper of the county an alphabetical list with full names and post-office addresses of all the pensioners on the pension roll of its county. Such list shall be published one t…

The county department of human resources of each county shall, at least twice a year, submit a certified list of the pensioners on the roll of its county, with the post-office address of each, to the judge of the circuit court, who shall specifically charge the grand jury to inve…

Any widow, entitled to draw a pension under the provisions of this chapter, who has remarried, shall be entitled to and may draw a pension as is provided for widows upon the death of her last husband, or in the event she should be divorced from him by judgment of a court of compe…

The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources shall have prepared records to be used as a permanent state record of pensions in which shall be recorded, in alphabetical order according to county, the names of all pensioners, together with a suitable column in which …

The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, by correspondence with the Department of Defense in Washington, or investigation of the Confederate records on file in the state or elsewhere, shall obtain all necessary information to make the permanent pension roll co…

There shall be prepared and submitted, under the direction of the State Board of Human Resources and the State Department of Human Resources, quadrennially from November 1, 1974, a report showing as fully as the same can be shown, the result of the operations of this chapter, and…

Any person who violates any provisions of the laws of this state as to pensions for widows of Confederate veterans, if a penalty is not otherwise provided for such violation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500.00. (Ac…

The State Department of Human Resources shall not place on the pension rolls of the state the name of the widow of any person or persons who served only in the state troops, state militia, or home guard. (Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2970; Code 1940, T. 60, §11.)

The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources shall furnish to the county departments of human resources all necessary forms and stationery to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The cost of such forms and stationery shall be paid by the state as is other stat…

All applications for pensions under this chapter shall be filed with the county department of human resources and shall be immediately forwarded by it together with all papers pertaining thereto, to the State Department of Human Resources. (Code 1907, §2012; Acts 1919, No. 409, p…

The widow of any Confederate soldier or sailor, deeming herself entitled to the benefits of this chapter, shall file with the county department of human resources of the county of which she is a bona fide resident, her application in writing, sworn to before some officer authoriz…

No applicant will have her name placed upon the pension rolls of this state unless at least one witness who was a Confederate soldier and can establish his record as such certifies to the fact that the husband of the applicant rendered the service as set forth in the application.…

Upon the application of the widow of any Confederate soldier or sailor, or the widow of any Alabama soldier or sailor who served in the state in the War Between the States, the fact of her deceased husband’s having served as alleged, and of his not deserting, may be proven by the…