State benefits division

NMSA 1978, § 9-22-14 — under Article 22.

NMSA 1978, § 9-22-14

The state benefits division shall: A. provide oversight of veterans' service organizations; B. develop or coordinate veterans' programs and outreach, including economic development; and C. determine eligibility for, conduct or oversee state-funded veterans' services and benefits, including determining eligibility for veteran property tax exemptions, hunting and fishing licensing and motor vehicle license plate programs; managing the Vietnam and children of deceased veterans scholarship programs; and overseeing the military honors burial program and state veterans' cemeteries, monuments and museums. History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 14; 2017, ch. 84, § 6.