Title 28, Military and Veterans
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-219 Record not construed as legal adjudication
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Neither the fact that a person has been rated incompetent by the veterans administration nor the fact that a guardian has been appointed for a person under the provisions of this part 2 shall be construed as a legal adjudication of insanity or mental incompetency, unless such per…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-220 Certification or commitment to veterans administration
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(1) When, in any proceeding under the laws of this state for the commitment or certification of a person alleged to have a mental health disorder or otherwise be in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution for his or her proper care, it is determined after such adju…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-221 Liberal construction
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This part 2 shall be so construed to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. Source: L. 45: p. 660, � 20. CSA: C. 150, � 55 (20). CRS 53: � 143-3-20. C.R.S. 1963: � 144-3-20.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-222 Repeal and modification of prior laws
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Except where inconsistent with this part 2, the laws of this state relating to guardian and ward and the judicial practice relating thereto shall be applicable to such beneficiaries and their estates. Source: L. 45: p. 660, � 23. CSA: C. 150, � 55 (22). CRS 53: � 143-3-22. C.R.S.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-223 Application
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The provisions of this part 2 relating to surety bonds and the administration of estates of wards shall apply to all income and estate as defined in section 28-5-202, whether the guardian has been appointed under this part 2 or under any other law of this state, special or genera…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-301 Legal investments
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(1) It is lawful for any guardian or conservator of minor or incompetent beneficiaries of the veterans administration to invest the funds of the estate or trust or to permit such funds to remain invested in any of the following: (a) Bonds or other interest-bearing or noninterest-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-401 Loans to minor veterans
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(1) The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and of the minor spouse of any eligible veteran, irrespective of his or her age, in connection with any transacti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-501 Short title
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This part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the Interment of Deceased Veterans Act of 2002. Source: L. 2002: Entire part R&RE, p. 240, � 1, effective April 12.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-502 Interment of deceased veterans
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(1) It is the duty of the county commissioners in each county of this state to designate some proper person in each county whose duty it is to cause the decent interment of the bodies of honorably discharged military personnel and discharged LGBT veterans: (a) (I) Who died withou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-503 Headstone to mark graves
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The county commissioners shall also see that headstones furnished by the veterans administration or furnished on behalf of the veterans described in section 28-5-502 shall be set at the expense of the county. Each county, by resolution of its board of county commissioners, shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-504 County of residence
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If the expenses of burial and setting of headstones are paid by the county in which the deceased person is buried, but such deceased person resided in another county in this state at the time of death, the county of residence shall reimburse such expenses to the county wherein th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-505 Cemetery subdivision - state may acquire and maintain
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The state has authority to acquire, establish, maintain, and improve in any cemetery in the state a suitable subdivision to be used as a burial place for honorably discharged veterans and discharged LGBT veterans. Such subdivision must consist of lots, each of sufficient area to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-506 Care and custody of cemetery subdivision
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The care, custody, maintenance, improvement, management, and control of the subdivision referred to in section 28-5-505 may be vested by the state in the city, town, city and county, or county where the subdivision is established, but such vestment may also be delegated by the st…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-701 Division of veterans affairs - transfer of functions - terminology
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(1) There is created the division of veterans affairs in the department of military and veterans affairs, the head of which is the director of the division of veterans affairs who is appointed by the adjutant general acting in the adjutant general's capacity as the administrative…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-702 Board of veterans affairs
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(1) The Colorado board of veterans affairs and its powers, duties, and functions are transferred from the department of human services to the department of military and veterans affairs. The board shall advise and consult with the division in the administration and enforcement of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-703 Rules - duties
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(1) (a) The board shall propose for adoption by the adjutant general such rules and regulations, not in conflict with this article or other laws, as it may deem necessary to govern the programs administered pursuant to this article. (b) Any rules adopted by the board of human ser…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-703.5 Notice to revisor of statutes - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1231), ch. 206, p. 1078, � 10, effective May 28. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (HB 24-1450), ch. 490, p. 3423, � 70, effective August 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-704 Departments to cooperate
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(1) To effectuate the purpose of this article, the governor may direct any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, to: (a) Cooperate with and assist and advise the division and the board in the performance of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-705 Duties
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(1) The division, in accordance with its rules, shall perform the following duties and functions: (a) (I) Formulate, establish, and administer a plan and standard procedures to further prompt and efficient service to all veterans in the state of Colorado on a uniform basis, wheth…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-707 Assistance to county veterans service officers - repeal
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(1) (a) The division shall provide satisfactory monitoring, direction, and assistance to all county veterans service officers and shall provide services to the county veterans service officers as the division determines necessary. Out of any money appropriated by the general asse…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-708 Western slope veterans' cemetery - fund - rules
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(1) (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the western slope military veterans' cemetery fund, referred to in this section as the fund. The division is authorized to accept and expend gifts, grants, contributions, and donations for the purposes of this section. The…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-709 Colorado state veterans trust fund - created - report
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(1) (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Colorado state veterans trust fund, which consists of the moneys transferred thereto pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. In addition, the state treasurer may credit to the trust fund any public or private gifts, gr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-711 Veterans resource information clearinghouse
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(1) There is hereby created in the division of veterans affairs the veterans resource information clearinghouse to provide information concerning support, services, and other assistance available to veterans of the United States armed forces and their families from state and loca…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-801 Establishment of veterans service offices
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(1) The board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall establish a county veterans service office and shall appoint a county veterans service officer for the county to further prompt and efficient service to all veterans in the state of Colorado on a uniform bas…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-802 Qualifications - term of office
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(1) (a) An appointed county veterans service officer at the time of appointment must be a resident of the state, have served in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, or any auxiliary branch thereof, and have been honorably discharged …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-803 Duties
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A county veterans service officer shall assist any resident of the state of Colorado who is a veteran, or the surviving spouse, administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, or heir of any veteran, or any other person who may have proper claim, by the filing of claims for insur…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-804 Cooperation with division of veterans affairs
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A county veterans service officer shall cooperate with the division of veterans affairs, its officers and employees, and other national, state, or county veterans service officers in the performance of the officer's duties. A county veterans service officer, on request, shall ass…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-805 Office space and supplies
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The board of county commissioners shall furnish a county veterans service officer with office space and necessary supplies. Source: L. 2002: Entire part added with relocations, p. 355, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2024: Entire section amended, (SB 24-004), ch. 29, p. 93, � 7, effect…