Title 33, Privileges and Benefits of Veterans and Service Personnel

As used in ORS 408.010 to 408.090, unless otherwise required by the context, “beneficiary” means any person who served in the active Armed Forces of the United States on or after June 25, 1950, who was relieved or discharged from that service under honorable conditions and who wa…

(1) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs may provide financial aid to beneficiaries who desire to pursue an approved course of study or professional training in or in connection with any accredited state or other public school or accredited private school or accredited college con…

Any beneficiary who desires to pursue a course of study or professional training may file, upon a form approved by the Director of Veterans’ Affairs, an application with the executive head of the institution in which the beneficiary desires to pursue such course. In the applicati…

(1) The person to whom an application is made pursuant to ORS 408.030 shall examine and pass upon such application and shall, within 10 days after its receipt by the person, indorse approval or disapproval thereof. If the application is approved it shall be forthwith forwarded to…

On or before the 10th day of each calendar month the executive head of the institution of learning or authorized representative, shall render a duly certified statement to the Director of Veterans’ Affairs, setting forth the names of the beneficiaries attending the institution du…

(1) The monthly payments provided in ORS 408.020 shall be allowed to any beneficiary who is enrolled in an approved full-time or part-time course of study or professional training. (2) Upon receipt of the monthly statement provided for in ORS 408.050, the Director of Veterans’ Af…

(1) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs shall investigate from time to time the institutions or other places where financial aid is being furnished to any beneficiary under ORS 408.010 to 408.090 to ascertain whether the spirit of ORS 408.010 to 408.090 is being complied with. If t…

(1) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs, acting on behalf of the State of Oregon, is authorized to accept any donation, gift, grant, bequest or devise made in furtherance of the purposes of ORS 408.010 to 408.090 and 408.115. A donation, gift, grant, bequest or devise that is made …

(1) The Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program is established within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Under the program, the department shall conduct outreach and provide grants to veterans who: (a) Are pursuing and enrolled in a course of study that is in or part of: (A) A…

(1) The Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The moneys in the Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program Fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the pu…

(1) As used in ORS 408.225 to 408.237: (a)(A) “Civil service position” means any position for which a hiring or promotion decision is made or required to be made based on the results of a merit based, competitive process that includes, but is not limited to, consideration of an a…

(1) A public employer shall grant a preference to a state servicemember, former state servicemember, veteran or disabled veteran who applies for a vacant civil service position or seeks promotion to a civil service position with a higher maximum salary rate and who: (a)(A) Succes…

(1) A veteran is eligible to use the preference provided for in ORS 408.230 for a civil service position for which application is made at any time after discharge or release from service in the Armed Forces. (2) An individual is treated as a veteran for purposes of the preference…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Eligibility list” means a list of ranked eligible candidates for a civil service position who have become eligible for the position through a test or series of tests and who will be considered for the civil service position in ranked order. (b) “…

As used in ORS 408.240 to 408.280, “military duty” means training and service performed by an inductee, enlistee or reservist or any entrant into a temporary component of the Armed Forces of the United States, and authorized time spent reporting for and returning from such traini…

(1)(a) Whenever a public officer or employee leaves a position, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, in order to perform military duty, the office or position may not become vacant, nor shall the officer or employee be subject to removal as a consequence of leaving the position.…

ORS 408.240 (4)(a) does not apply to a public employee who leaves a position under ORS 408.240 (1) to enter or reenter the Active Guard Reserve Program under 32 U.S.C. 502(f). [2005 c.38 §1] Note: 408.242 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or ma…

During the period any public officer is absent on leave pursuant to ORS 408.240, a substitute shall serve in the place and stead of the public officer. Such substitute shall be appointed by the authority having power to have appointed the substitute as successor had such office b…

When the absence on leave of a public officer, granted by ORS 408.240, has terminated, or a successor has been duly appointed and qualified to fill the vacancy created by the death or resignation of such officer, the appointment of the substitute shall terminate, and the substitu…

Upon the termination of any leave granted by ORS 408.240, every public employee shall be restored to the position without loss of seniority or other benefits. It is the intention of the Legislative Assembly that such employee shall be restored in such manner as to give the employ…

Whenever the term of office of an elected public officer expires during military service in the Armed Forces of the United States for which a leave of absence has been granted pursuant to ORS 408.240 and the officer is reelected to such office, the officer shall continue in such …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section: (a) An officer or employee of the state, or of any county, municipality or other subdivision of the state, who is a member of the National Guard, National Guard Reserve or of any reserve component of the Armed Forces of th…

ORS 408.305 to 408.340 shall be known and may be cited as the Oregon Vietnam Veteran Benefits Act of 1983. [1983 c.658 §1]

As used in ORS 408.305 to 408.340, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Agent Blue” means the herbicide composed primarily of cacodylic acid (organic arsenic) and inorganic arsenic. (2) “Agent Orange” means the herbicide composed primarily of trichlorophenoxyacetic acid an…

(1) A physician, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525 or nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390 who has primary responsibility for the treatment of a veteran who may have been exposed to causative agents while serving in the Armed Forces of …

(1) ORS 408.310 applies to all veterans, spouses, surviving spouses and minor children of veterans treated by a physician, physician associate, nurse practitioner, hospital or clinic after January 1, 1982. Physicians, physician associates, nurse practitioners, hospitals or clinic…

The Oregon Public Health Advisory Board created under ORS 431.122 shall: (1) Order the compilation of statistical data from information obtained under ORS 408.310 and determine the use and dissemination of that data. (2) Make recommendations to the Director of the Oregon Health A…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Public Health Advisory Board shall institute a cooperative program to refer veterans to appropriate state and federal agencies for the purpose of filing claims to remedy medical and financial problems caused by exposure to causative …

If the Oregon Public Health Advisory Board determines that any federal agency is adequately performing the referral functions described in ORS 408.325, the advisory board may suspend or terminate any program or duty required under ORS 408.300 to 408.340 in order to avoid duplicat…

(1) When requested to do so by the Director of Veterans’ Affairs, the Attorney General shall represent, on behalf of all of the members of the class, one or more members of the class of veterans, spouses and surviving spouses of veterans and minor children of veterans who allege …

(1) A physician, physician associate, nurse practitioner, hospital or clinic subject to ORS 408.300 to 408.340 shall not be subject to any criminal or civil liability for providing information required under ORS 408.300 to 408.340. (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent, howev…

(1) As used in this section, “veteran” means a person who is: (a) A resident of Oregon; and (b) A veteran as defined in ORS 408.225. (2) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall provide, in written or electronic format, educational materials on the diagnosis, treatment and preve…

(1) The Rural Veterans Healthcare Transportation Grant Program is established within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Under the program, the department shall provide grants to entities to provide transportation to veterans in rural areas to access services for physical, menta…

As used in ORS 408.365 to 408.385 and this section: (1) “Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home” means the veterans’ home located in Lebanon. (2) “Fourth Oregon Veterans’ Home” means the veterans’ home authorized under ORS 408.385 (3). (3) “Oregon Veterans’ Home” means the Edward C. A…

Moneys to pay for the expenses of operating an Oregon Veterans’ Home may be appropriated from: (1) The General Fund; (2) The Oregon War Veterans’ Fund pursuant to Article XI-A, section 1 (1)(e), of the Oregon Constitution; and (3) Moneys donated to the trust fund established unde…

(1) There is created in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Oregon Veterans’ Home Account. Moneys credited to the account are appropriated continuously to the Director of Veterans’ Affairs to pay expenses that the director determines are appropria…

(1) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs shall enter into a contract with a nongovernmental entity for the operation and management of each Oregon Veterans’ Home. The director shall contract with an entity that is experienced in the operation and staffing of long term care facilitie…

(1) As used in this section, “long term care facility” has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, an Oregon Veterans’ Home is subject to all state laws and administrative rules and all federal laws and administrative …

(1) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs shall establish the Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home. (2) The director may seek federal grant funds from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of establishing the Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home. (3) If the director de…

When such power is conferred or contained in their charters or Acts of incorporation, incorporated cities may purchase, receive, take and acquire by eminent domain, or otherwise, and within or without corporate limits, land and necessary or convenient means of access thereto by r…

In connection with the exercise of the powers granted by ORS 408.390, such incorporated cities may incur such indebtedness and issue such bonds, warrants or other evidences of debt as their respective charters may authorize. [Formerly 408.520]

For the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by ORS 408.390, any incorporated city may bring and maintain any suit or action for the appropriation, condemnation or taking of real property within or without its corporate limits, in fee simple or otherwise, including riparian…

(1) The county governing body in each county may appoint a service officer who shall give aid and assistance to any veteran, the spouse or dependents of the veteran or the survivors of the veteran, in applying for all benefits and aid to which they are entitled by federal, state …

Each county clerk shall maintain in the office a special book in which the county clerk shall, upon request, record the final discharge of any veteran. A recording fee may not be collected when the veteran requesting the record is an actual resident of the county or was a residen…

(1) Each county clerk who receives a request to inspect veteran discharge papers that are recorded under ORS 408.420 shall produce the recorded discharge papers for inspection if: (a) The request for inspection is made in writing; (b) The request sets forth the name, address and …

The county clerk or a court clerk or court administrator shall administer all oaths required in matters of pensions, certify pension vouchers, affix the seal of the court whenever required, and make and prepare copies of any documents of record in the office and certify thereto a…

No suit or action shall be commenced or maintained, during the period provided for in this section, to foreclose any mortgage upon real property, or to collect the debt secured thereby, if the land covered by the mortgage is owned, wholly or in part, by an enlisted person in the …

No person in the military or naval service of the United States, or any auxiliary corps thereof, while exercising any privilege in this state by virtue of having paid an annual license or privilege fee to any state board or commission for the right to practice a profession or eng…

Lawful claims payable from the Memorial Fund, 116th Engineers, or the fund entitled Unclaimed Back Pay Due Second Oregon Volunteers, shall be paid, upon approval of the Adjutant General, from the General Fund.

All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the forces of the United States during the Spanish War or Philippine Insurrection at any time between April 23, 1898, and July 4, 1902, who are now deceased or may hereafter die in Oregon or who being residents …