Title 72 — Title 72 — Soldiers and Sailors

Any person whose tuition is paid directly to the institution by any other governmental agency shall not be entitled to the benefits of this act. Laws 1974, c. 181, § 7, emerg. eff. May 14, 1974.

72 O.S. § 31 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 233, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013

A. The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to construct, establish, administer, operate and maintain a State Veterans' Cemetery System. The State Veterans' Cemetery System shall consist of one or more cemeteries to serve veterans, spouses and eligible dependents of veter…

72 O.S. § 32 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 233, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013

72 O.S. § 33 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 233, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013

A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish a program to provide assistance for the proper interment or cremation of honorably discharged indigent veterans of the United States Armed Forces. The program shall aid in obtaining any available burial benefits from …

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated the "K-I-A Reinterment Fund". The fund balance shall not exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) and shall consist of: 1. All monies apportioned or…

As used in this act: 1. "Veteran" means a person who was a resident of this state at the time of his induction into the Armed Forces of the United States of America, or was a resident of this state as of January 1, 1981, and is currently a resident of this state, who served in Vi…

defoliants or herbicides - Report form. A. A physician or other qualified health care professional who has primary responsibility for treating a veteran who believes the veteran may have been exposed to chemical defoliants or herbicides or other causative agents, including Agent …

A. The Department, with the assistance of the Committee, shall compile and evaluate information received and actions taken pursuant to this act in a report to be distributed annually to the Governor, to the members of the Legislature and other interested institutions or groups. B…

Statistical information. The identity of a veteran, the subject of a report made under the provisions of Section 2 or 3 of this act, may not be disclosed unless the veteran consents to the disclosure. Statistical information collected under this act is public information. Added b…

A physician or other qualified health care professional or a hospital or other medical facility, subject to this act, who complies with this act may not be held civilly or criminally liable for providing the information required by this act. Added by Laws 1982, c. 50, § 5, emerg.…

actions. The Attorney General may represent a class of individuals composed of veterans who may have been injured because of contact with chemical defoliants or herbicides or other causative agents, including Agent Orange, in a suit for release of information relating to exposure…

in referring and screening certain veterans - Rules and regulations. A. The Department and the health science centers and other medical facilities of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Children's Hospital, University Hospital or the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine shal…

certain conditions. If the Commissioner determines that an agency of the federal government is performing the referral and screening functions required by Section 7 of this act, the Commissioner may discontinue any program required by this act or any duty required of a physician …

72 O.S. § 358 Repealed by Laws 2021, c. 346, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021

A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dignity in Burial Act". B. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish a program to ensure a dignified burial for honorably discharged veterans of the United States Armed Forces who, prior to death, lacked the fi…

As used in this act: 1. "Veteran" means a person who is currently a resident of this state, who served on and after August 2, 1990, during the Gulf War in the southwest Asia theater of operations, which includes Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi …

causative agents during the Gulf War - Report form. A. A physician or other qualified health care professional who has primary responsibility for treating a veteran and who believes the veteran may have been exposed to certain causative agents while serving in the Armed Forces of…

A. The Department, with the assistance of the Committee, shall compile and evaluate information received from and actions taken by the physician or other qualified health care professional, or a hospital or other health care facility, in a report to be distributed annually to the…

A physician or other qualified health care professional or a hospital or other medical facility, subject to this act, who complies with this act may not be held civilly or criminally liable for providing the information required by this act. Added by Laws 1997, c. 52, § 4, eff. J…

72 O.S. § 364 Repealed by Laws 2021, c. 346, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021

The State Board of Health shall promulgate and adopt rules necessary for the administration of the study authorized by this act. Added by Laws 1997, c. 52, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997.

72 O.S. § 4 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 233, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013

This act may be known and cited as the "Special Disabled Veterans Employment Act". Added by Laws 1983, c. 175, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1983.

As used in the Special Disabled Veterans Employment Act: 1. "Special disabled veterans" means those honorably discharged persons who: a. meet the criteria for war veterans as set out in Section 67.13a of this title, b. have a service-connected disability rated at thirty percent (…

THIS TEXT EFFECTIVE BEGINNING NOV. 1, 2020. FOR TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOV. 1, 2020, SEE OS 72-402v1. As used in the Special Disabled Veterans Employment Act: 1. "Special disabled veterans" means those honorably discharged persons who: a. meet the criteria for war veterans as set o…

- Probationary period - Permanent status. A. Oklahoma state agencies are hereby authorized to employ special disabled veterans who are legal residents of the state in competitive and noncompetitive jobs. Such veterans shall be exempt from entrance examinations and hiring procedur…

Names of special disabled veterans employed by state agencies pursuant to this act shall be reported to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services who shall record the names and report the total number of such veterans so employed in the annual report for the Office of Mana…

72 O.S. § 41 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 233, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Act". Added by Laws 2015, c. 185, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated the "Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of…

A. Subject to the availability of funds, the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall develop a special housing grant program, not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per veteran, for the purpose of bearing the costs not borne by the federal government for a specific…

A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall create and maintain a registry of all veterans in this state by January 1, 2020, which shall be titled the "Oklahoma Veterans Registry". The registry shall include the following information regarding the veteran: 1. Name; 2. Mi…

A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; 2. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; 3. "Program" means the Oklahoma Women Veterans Progra…

contracts. A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may accept and receive any and all gifts, donations, devices, bequests, grants or contracts of any kind for money or property, either real or personal including but not limited to military memorabilia, artifacts or equipme…

Purpose. A. There is hereby authorized the establishment by the Oklahoma Veterans Commission of a private, not-for-profit, charitable organization to be known as the “State of Oklahoma Veterans Foundation”. The Foundation shall be for the purpose of soliciting, accepting, receivi…

A. Any employee of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs may be granted administrative leave with pay for volunteer service activities, under such terms and limitations as the Executive Director may establish, in service to veterans or dependents of veterans in the State of…

1991.

at expiration of military service. If a person was in the employment of any private employer, firm, company, partnership or corporation, it is hereby declared to be the sense of the Legislature that such person, upon the expiration of the person's period of active duty in the mil…

- Public employees. A. All officers and employees of the state or a political subdivision thereof who are members, either officers or enlisted, of the state military forces or any branch of the United States Military or its reserve components, shall, when ordered by the proper au…

employees. A. All officers and employees of any employer in the private sector, who are members, either officers or enlisted, of the Reserve Components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, or any other component of the Uniformed Services of the United Stat…

A. As used in this section, "license" means any license issued pursuant to: 1. Title 59, Professions and Occupations; and 2. Title 5, Attorneys and State Bar. B. Any license held by a member of the National Guard or reserve component of the armed forces that expires while the mem…

1947.

The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for guaranty of a loan pursuant to the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944", 78th Congress, as amended, and of the spouse of such person, is hereby removed for the purposes of enabling such persons to enter into valid…

The provisions of this act shall be available to any disabled person who served during World War II, or any State of National Emergency as declared by the President of the United States, in the military or naval forces of any nation allied or associated with the United States, pr…

For the purposes as set forth in this act, military officers, as designated herein, shall have the same power and authority to administer oaths and affirmations, and take depositions, affidavits and acknowledgments of persons in the military, naval, or other armed services of the…

72 O.S. § 50.11 Repealed by Laws 2013, c. 233, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2013

Authentication - Acknowledgment before notary. The deed of any person, for the conveyance of real estate within this state, or for any other purpose, powers of attorneys, and other instruments requiring acknowledgments or the taking and subscribing of oaths, may, if such person i…

Any person having the following qualifications is hereby authorized to apply for, receive, and display a certain badge or medal, to be known as "The Oklahoma Cross of Valor": (1) Was a resident of Oklahoma at the time of entering the military service of the United States; (2) The…