Title 10, Title 10

A member or employee of the board may not accept, receive, or charge any money or thing of value for the performance of any service rendered to any veteran or the veteran's dependents, at any time or in any manner, other than the compensation allowed by law. A person who violates…

(1) The board may accept from the federal government or any of its agencies any funds made available to carry out the activities and purposes of the board as identified in 10-2-102. Federal funds must be deposited in the veterans' services federal account established in 10-2-112(…

The governor of this state and the presiding officer and secretary of the board may sign contracts with the federal government or any agency of the federal government for the reimbursement of the board for any work that the board may do for which any federal statute provides reim…

(1) There is a veterans and surviving spouses account in the state special revenue fund to be administered by the veterans' affairs division of the department of military affairs. The account consists of revenue deposited pursuant to 16-12-111 and 16-11-119. (2) The account must …

(1) A mortuary is not liable for simple negligence in the disposition of the human remains or cremated remains of a veteran to a veterans' service organization for the purposes of interment by that organization if the mortuary complies with the provisions of this section. (2) Exc…

(1) There is a veterans' services account in the state special revenue fund, established pursuant to 17-2-102(1)(b), to the credit of the board. (2) Money transferred pursuant to 15-1-122(2)(d) from license plate sales as described in 10-2-114 and from gifts, grants, or donations…

The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the Montana Administrative Procedure Act provided for in Title 2, chapter 4, to implement the provisions of this part.

(1) Subject to 61-3-472 through 61-3-481 and this section, the board may sponsor a generic specialty license plate designed as a patriotic salute to Montana's military veterans. (2) A Montana resident may purchase patriotic plates for a $15 surcharge to be paid for each original …

(1) A county may provide for a county veterans' service office to assist veterans and their families in filing benefit claims. (2) The governing body of two or more counties may enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish a multicounty veterans' service office that oper…

(1) There is a state scholarship program for eligible recipients of a purple heart or a higher medal for combat-related service in the armed forces. (2) The board shall administer the program pursuant to this section. (3) A person is eligible for the scholarship provided for in s…

(1) Upon receipt of documentation confirming veteran status from a person who wishes to have that status indicated on a driver's license or identification card issued by the department of justice, the department shall verify the person's status as a veteran. (2) When the person a…

(1) There is established the Montana veterans hall of fame. (2) Veterans recognized with the Montana governor's veteran commendation are members of the Montana veterans hall of fame. (3) The governor may direct the board of veterans' affairs to assume responsibility for accepting…

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the veterans' affairs division of the Montana department of military affairs shall release on request a military discharge document that is dated 62 years or more before the date on which the request is made and that is a public record pursuant to 5…

The institutions at Columbia Falls, in eastern Montana, and in southwestern Montana are the Montana veterans' homes, and their primary function is to provide a home and subsistence for veterans. The department of public health and human services may also admit spouses or survivin…

In the selection of the superintendent of each of the Montana veterans' homes, the department of public health and human services shall apply the preference granted to veterans and disabled veterans under 39-29-102, but not the preference granted to other persons under 39-29-102 …

To be eligible for residence in a Montana veterans' home under rules prescribed by the department of public health and human services, a person must be a veteran or the spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran. Consideration must also be given to: (1) the person's age; (2) the per…

The department of public health and human services may accept money from the federal government that becomes available to the state as a result of operating the Montana veterans' homes and shall deposit the money in the state treasury for the benefit of the homes. If a resident o…

Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8134 and 8135(a)(6), the state shall appropriate funds either from the general fund or from funds generated under 16-11-111 to the department of public health and human services for financial support necessary to provide for continued operation and maintenan…

(1) Revenue generated by 16-11-119 and allocated to the department of public health and human services for veterans' homes must be used to support the operation and maintenance of the Montana veterans' homes programs. (2) The legislature shall appropriate from the account establi…

(1) The board of commissioners of each county in this state shall designate a person in the county, preferably a veteran, as veterans' interment supervisor. (2) The veterans' interment supervisor shall cause to be decently interred the body or cremated remains of any veteran who …

It is the duty of the person appointed as provided in 10-2-501 to cause the veteran to be interred as provided in this part, and the veterans' interment supervisor shall immediately report the action to the clerk of the board of county commissioners, setting forth all the facts, …

It is the duty of the clerk of the board of county commissioners, upon receiving the report and statement of expenses, to transcribe in a book to be kept for that purpose all the facts contained in the report concerning the veteran.

This part shall not apply to veterans who, at the time of their death, shall not have a legal residence within this state.

(1) The board shall establish and operate state veterans' cemeteries, except as provided in subsection (4). (2) A cemetery is located at Fort William Henry Harrison in Lewis and Clark County, at Missoula, and at Miles City. A cemetery may be located in Yellowstone County and in C…

The board shall adopt rules to administer the state veterans' cemetery program and to provide criteria for determining who may be buried in a state veterans' cemetery. The criteria must include but are not limited to discharge status and length of service. The rules must be adopt…

(1) There is an account in the special revenue fund to the credit of the board for the state veterans' cemeteries. (2) Plot allowances, donations to the cemetery program, and fund transfers pursuant to 15-1-122(2)(d) must be deposited into the account. (3) The account is statutor…

The board of veterans' affairs may take property for public use for a veterans' cemetery or place of burial of the dead. The power of eminent domain must be exercised under the provisions of Title 70, chapter 30.

This part may be cited as the "First Special Service Force Memorial Monument Permanent Trust Act".

(1) Upon receipt of the articles of dissolution or a decree of dissolution of the nonprofit corporation that has established a permanent care and improvement trust fund for the care, maintenance, and improvement of the first special service force memorial monument, located in Hel…

(1) The principal of the trust fund must remain intact and inviolate. (2) The principal of the trust fund must be invested in a manner in which public employees' retirement funds are permitted to be invested in the state of Montana as prescribed by 17-6-201. Investment is subject…

This part may be cited as the "Montana Honor and Remember Act".

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Eligible service member" means a service member who meets the criteria established in 10-2-804(2). (2) "Eligible veteran" means a veteran of the United States armed forces who was a citizen of Montana at any time during …

(1) There is an honor and remember medallion for family members of eligible service members. (2) There is a commemorative memorial coin for family members of eligible veterans. (3) To the extent that funding is available for the purposes of this part, the department shall adminis…

(1) A family member of an eligible service member may apply for the honor and remember medallion and a family member of an eligible veteran may apply for the commemorative memorial coin using a form and in a manner prescribed by the department, including providing the documentati…

(1) The first medallion and the first copy of the joint resolution under 10-2-806 provided to a family member of an eligible service member or the first commemorative memorial coin provided to a family member of an eligible veteran must be provided without cost to the family memb…

(1) During a regular legislative session, the department shall notify the president of the senate of the eligible service members for which a first medallion has been requested. (2) The president of the senate shall request and introduce a joint resolution naming each eligible se…

(1) (a) There is an account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 17-2-102 to the credit of the department for the honor and remember medallion program. (b) Gifts, grants, and donations provided for the purposes of this part and payments received under 10-2-805 must b…

(1) On receipt of the most recent federal census data, the Montana veterans' affairs division, in consultation with the department of public health and human services, shall perform an analysis of the long-term care needs of veterans in the state, known as the decennial veterans'…

The staff of the Montana veterans' affairs division shall conduct the decennial veterans' long-term care needs study. The staff of the senior and long-term care division within the department of public health and human services shall provide support as needed.

(1) (a) During the interim prior to the availability of the most recent federal census data, the staff of the Montana veterans' affairs division shall present a plan for conducting the study required in 10-2-901, including a budget estimate, to the state administration and vetera…