Title V, Military Affairs

The General Assembly shall by law provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding the limitation of indebtedness in Section 49 or any other section of the Constitution of Kentucky, which shall be in addition to all other bonds of the Commonwealth h…

As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrator" means the adjutant general of the Commonwealth; (2) "Veteran" means a person who served in the active Armed Forces of the United States, during the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, or the Korean conflict, for a period o…

This chapter is intended to implement KRS 40.005, ratified by the electorate at the regular elections on November 3, 1959, by providing for payment of a cash bonus to qualified veterans, or to certain persons deriving from them, as quickly and as free from administrative delay an…

A bonus shall be paid from the proceeds of bonds of the Commonwealth, issued as hereinafter provided, in the amounts and to the persons determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

No compensation shall be paid for time in service, of: (1) Any civilian officer or employee of any branch of the Armed Forces, contract surgeon, cadet of the United States Military Academy, midshipman of the United States Naval Academy or of the Coast Guard, member of the Reserve…

(1) Every person determined by the administrator to be a qualified veteran shall be paid the sum of nine dollars ($9) for each month and major fraction of a month of active duty, in the Armed Forces in the continental United States, not to exceed in all the sum of three hundred d…

All applications for the veterans' bonus shall be submitted to the administrator, in writing, upon forms prepared and made available by the administrator; and shall be accompanied by such documentary evidence as the administrator may by regulation prescribe. Every application sha…

(1) No application may be filed with or sent to the administrator after June 30, 1962; but if an application be sent by mail, the administrator shall receive it if the postmark on the envelope shows date and time of mailing at or before midnight, central standard time, on or befo…

(1) All facts material to determining whether the claimant is entitled to receive a veterans' bonus shall be evidenced: (a) In any case where the same are shown in the official records of the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, or any other department, bureau, …

The burden of proving to the satisfaction of the administrator that a veterans' bonus is entitled to be paid shall in all cases be upon the claimant.

The administrator shall make prompt determination that each application is approved or disapproved for payment of a veterans' bonus and if approved shall determine the amount to be paid according to the provisions of this chapter.

(1) If a claim is disapproved, the administrator shall send a notice of such decision to the claimant by mail at the address shown in the application. The notice shall be in such form as the administrator may determine, shall contain a designation of the reason for disapproval, s…

If the administrator shall disapprove any claim, or if the decision of the board of review be affirmance of the administrator's disapproval of the claim, (1) No payment of a veterans' bonus shall be made; (2) The administrator, upon receiving advice of the decision, shall note th…

(1) (a) If a claim is approved by the administrator or finally approved upon resort to the board of review, in whole or in part the administrator shall promptly certify to the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet the names and addresses of persons found entitled to…

-- Compensation -- Dissolution. (1) There shall be a board of review consisting of nine (9) persons who are residents and qualified voters of the Commonwealth, appointed by the Governor without limitation as to political affiliation, religion, race, sex, or past or present servic…

of creditors and process of courts until received. (1) Claims for payment of veterans' bonus shall not be assignable before or after approval thereof; and any attempted or purported assignment received by or tendered to any officer of the Commonwealth shall be void, need not be a…

Any person convicted of any offense denounced in KRS 40.990 shall forfeit his or her right, if any, to receive any payment authorized by this chapter.

The administrator and the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall, from time to time, prepare estimates of the sums anticipated to be required for payment of the veterans' bonus and the times when the same shall be required to be available. Advice of such estima…

For the purpose of providing funds for payment of the veterans' bonus authorized by this chapter, the State Property and Buildings Commission shall from time to time as funds are anticipated to be required, provide by resolution for the issuance and sale of general obligation bon…

All bonds issued hereunder shall be dated July 1, 1960, and shall mature on or prior to thirty (30) years from such date as the State Property and Buildings Commission may provide in each resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of such bonds. The State Property and Buildings…

bonds. The bonds and receipt of interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxation by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. The bonds shall be signed in the name of the Commonwealth by the facsimile signatures of the Governor and Treasurer of the Commonwealth, and the …

(1) The proceeds of all bonds issued and delivered under this chapter shall be deposited from time to time in the State Treasury and shall be segregated in a special fund, hereby created, which shall be designated the "Veterans' Bonus Fund." Moneys in said fund from time to time …

This chapter shall be given a liberal construction in the interpretation thereof. The administrator shall have power to make rules and regulations for implementing this chapter; and when promulgated according to KRS Chapter 13A, the same shall have the force and effect of law.

Organization. (1) There is created the Department of Veterans' Affairs, which shall be attached to the Office of the Governor for administrative purposes. Notwithstanding KRS 12.028, the department's status as a separate organizational unit attached to the Office of the Governor …

Meetings -- Duties of board and commissioner of Department of Veterans' Affairs. (1) There is created a board to be known as the Governor's Advisory Board for Veterans' Affairs, which shall be attached to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. (2) The board shall be composed of the…

(1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall collect all necessary data and information regarding facilities and services available to veterans, their families, and dependents, and shall cooperate with all information or service agencies throughout the state in informing such pe…

Prevention Program -- Mission and purpose -- Annual report -- Administrative regulations. (1) The Kentucky Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Suicide Prevention Program is hereby created within the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs and shall be attached to the o…

(1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall establish and maintain state veterans' cemeteries in the Commonwealth for the purpose of providing for the interment of veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and for their eligible next of kin, as determined by the departm…

Duties. The Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs shall employ no more than five (5) veterans' benefits regional administrators and no fewer than twenty (20) veterans' benefits field representatives. (1) The duties of a veterans' benefits regional administrator shall include b…

The General Assembly has determined the establishment of state veterans' nursing homes to be in the best interests of the veterans of the Commonwealth and necessary to the well- being of our elderly and disabled veterans. Therefore, it is the purpose of KRS 40.325 to authorize th…

Veterans' Centers -- Administrative regulations -- Funding -- Contracts to hire licensed nurses and nurse aides to provide long-term care. (1) As used in this section, "nurse aide" means an individual who has successfully completed the nurse aide training and competency evaluatio…

nurses employed by Department of Veterans' Affairs -- KHEAA to administer program -- Funding. (1) The Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs shall create a loan repayment program for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses within their employ. (2) The loan repayment pro…

arrangements. For the purpose of financing the costs of the construction or renovation of Kentucky state veterans' nursing homes and all proper costs necessary or incidental thereto, the Department of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized to apply to the State Property and Build…

Conditions in authorizing resolution -- Sale of bonds -- Prior consent not required. (1) Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 40.330 and this section shall state that they are issued pursuant to KRS 40.330 and this section and to the provisions of KRS Chapters 56 and …

Coordinating Committee. (1) The Kentucky Homeless Veterans Program is hereby created in the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs and shall be attached to the office of the commissioner for administrative purposes. The program shall develop a statewide network of: (a) Services…

employment policy -- Registry of employers -- Administrative regulations. (1) The following definitions apply in this section unless context otherwise requires: (a) "Private employer" means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity wi…

Components of program -- Data-sharing agreements -- Confidentiality of veterans' personal information -- Administrative regulations -- Authority to accept and expend moneys. (1) (a) The Kentucky Wounded or Disabled Veterans Program is hereby created in the Kentucky Department of …

Funds to defray costs. (1) The Kentucky Medal for Freedom is hereby created to be awarded by the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to an individual who has been killed in action on or after January 1, 1991, while: (a) Engaged in an action against an enemy of the United Sta…

(1) There is hereby established an Indigent Veterans' Burial Program and there is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund entitled the indigent veterans' burial trust fund to provide funds to defray the costs of funeral expenses for indigent veterans in the Commonwealth of Ke…

Program. (1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Indigent Veterans' Burial Program. These regulations shall be in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A. (2) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall coordina…

(1) The Commonwealth of Kentucky recognizes the vast majority of honorable burials for Kentuckians who have served their state and nation in the Armed Forces are conducted by the veterans' service organizations. The active military units in Kentucky, the Kentucky National Guard, …

(1) There is established and created in the State Treasury a fund entitled the "Veterans' Service Organization Burial Honor Guard trust fund" to provide funds to offset the costs of the Veterans' Service Organization Burial Honor Guard Program. The fund may receive state appropri…

(1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Veterans' Service Organization Burial Honor Guard Program. (2) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall coordinate with the veterans' service organizations to determine the eligi…

(1) Recognizing the participation of secondary school students in the Veterans' Service Organization Burial Honor Guard Program, excused absences may be granted by local school boards to students of secondary school JROTC programs or other students who participate in the Veterans…

As used in KRS 40.410 to 40.560: (1) "Department of Military Affairs" means the office of the adjutant general, Commonwealth of Kentucky; (2) "Administrator" means the individual designated by the adjutant general to carry out the responsibilities of KRS 40.410 to 40.560; (3) "Ar…

It is the intent of the General Assembly in enacting KRS 40.400 to 40.560 that such funds sufficient for payment of the Vietnam veterans' bonus authorized by KRS 40.420 shall be appropriated by the 1990 Regular Session of the General Assembly, or at such later times as sufficient…

(1) It is hereby found, determined and declared that the citizens of the Commonwealth who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam conflict performed a public service for the United States of America and the Commonwealth and that the payment of the Vietnam veterans' bonus, a…

No bonus shall be paid to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who did only civilian work at civilian pay or who has received from another state a bonus similar to the bonus provided by KRS 40.410 to 40.560.

(1) Every person determined by the administrator to be a qualified veteran shall be paid the sum of fifteen dollars ($15) for each month and major fraction of a month of qualifying Vietnam era service, not to exceed in all the sum of three hundred dollars ($300), and the sum of t…

veterans' program trust fund by Department of Veterans' Affairs. The Department of Military Affairs, Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall administer the provisions of KRS 40.410 to 40.560 and shall: (1) Prepare and make available forms on which applications for the bonus shall be made…