Title 25, Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs

For the purposes of this article: (1) "Active duty" means military service performed as State Active Duty under the South Carolina Military Code, or corresponding provisions of the applicable state statute for South Carolina residents who are National Guard members of other state…

There is established in the State Treasury a fund separate and distinct from the general fund of the State and all other funds entitled the South Carolina Military Family Relief Fund. Earnings on this fund must be credited to it and a balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal ye…

(A) The intent of this article is to provide an opportunity on standard individual income tax forms to allow individual taxpayers and other donors to contribute to the South Carolina Military Family Relief Fund, and to provide the department the authority to award grants from the…

(A) The grant applicant must show proof of the following: (1) The applicant is a member of the South Carolina National Guard or a South Carolina resident who is a member of another United States Armed Forces Reserve component, applying on behalf of the applicant's family, or is a…

(A) The grant applicant must show proof of the following: (1) The applicant is a member of the South Carolina National Guard or a South Carolina resident who is a member of another United States Armed Forces Reserve component, applying on behalf of the applicant's family or is a …

(A) The grant applicant must show proof of the following: (1) The applicant is a member of the South Carolina National Guard or a South Carolina resident who is a member of another United States Armed Forces Reserve component, applying on behalf of the applicant's family, or is n…

(A) Payments to a South Carolina National Guard or Reserve component member's family pursuant to Section 25-11-340 may not exceed two thousand dollars, to include any amounts paid pursuant to provisions of Section 25-11-380 during a state fiscal year. (B) If a grant payment is to…

(A) All grants pursuant to Section 25-11-350 must be a flat rate of five hundred dollars unless the number of requests and fund balance necessitate a lesser amount as determined by the department. (B) South Carolina National Guard or Reserve component members' families may receiv…

(A) All grants pursuant to Section 25-11-360 must be a flat rate of one thousand dollars unless the number of requests and fund balance necessitate a lesser amount as determined by the department. (B) South Carolina National Guard or Reserve component members or next of kin may r…

(A) For the purpose of this section, "veteran" means a person who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and who was honorably discharged or released from such service due to a service-connected disability. (B) Subject to the recommendation of a majority o…

(A) The procedures governing the acceptance of applications are as follows: (1) To receive consideration for a grant, applicants must request and submit an application provided by the department. (2) All necessary documentation must be included with the application unless otherwi…

Notwithstanding Section 1-30-110(4), a county veterans' affairs office must be funded with monies appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose and payable directly to the County Treasurer's Office by the State Treasurer.

(A) The secretary shall establish uniform methods and procedures for the performance of service work among the several county officers, maintain contact and close cooperation with such officers, and provide assistance, advice and instructions with respect to changes in law and re…

There is created the South Carolina Prisoner of War "POW" Medal. The Governor may present the medal on behalf of the people of the State of South Carolina to any person who: (1) on the date of induction into the organized militia or federal military service, was a resident of thi…

(A) The department, in consultation with the Adjutant General, shall determine eligibility for the medal. For any person qualifying for the medal pursuant to Section 25-11-510(3), the secretary shall determine eligibility on a case by case basis. There is no required period of ca…

Any person convicted by a United States military tribunal of misconduct or a criminal charge or whose discharge is less than honorable based on actions while a POW is ineligible for the medal. Any POW whose conduct was not in accord with the Code of Conduct and whose actions are …

No person may be awarded more than one South Carolina POW Medal.

The medal may be awarded for a deceased person or a person absent as a prisoner of war and presented to the person's next of kin.

The department must develop and implement a plan to accept nominations for the medal.

(A) The Adjutant General, in consultation with the secretary, shall develop the appropriate design and appearance of the medal and a ribbon to be worn in lieu of the medal. However, nothing in this section requires the secretary or the Adjutant General to provide or pay for the m…

The county veterans' affairs officers shall render semiannually a complete report of their acts and doings to the county legislative delegation of their respective counties upon uniform forms to be furnished by the secretary.

(A) The department shall assist the South Carolina Agent Orange Advisory Council and the Agent Orange Information and Assistance Program at the Division of Health and Environmental Control in carrying out the purposes of Chapter 40, Title 44. The department shall: (1) refer veter…

The Department of Veterans' Affairs, in mutual agreement with the authorities of the United States Veterans Administration, may establish and operate South Carolina veterans homes to provide treatment for South Carolina veterans who require long-term nursing care. The Department …

For the purpose of Section 25-11-710, "South Carolina veterans" means any ex service South Carolina citizen who was discharged under other than dishonorable conditions and who served in any branch of the military or naval service of the United States.

(A) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt and execute criteria, policies, and procedures for admissions to and discharges from South Carolina veterans' homes. (B) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall set and collect fees for residence in and services provided by So…

(A) The secretary shall appoint an additional claims representative within the department, who, in addition to being charged with the duty of assisting all veterans, regardless of the wars in which their service may have been rendered, in filing, presenting, and prosecuting to fi…

(A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "State veterans' cemetery" means a cemetery that the department establishes under this section. (2) "Immediate family" means those family members who are eligible for burial in a department national cemetery. (B) The department may establ…

(A)(1) There is established and created in the State Treasury a fund separate and distinct from the general fund of the State and all other funds entitled the "Veterans Service Organization Burial Honor Guard Support Fund". The fund's exclusive purpose is to help offset the costs…

(A)(1) The department shall prepare a complete roster of all South Carolina members of the United States military who served on active duty during: (a) the Korean conflict; (b) the Vietnam conflict; (c) Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada); (d) Operation Just Cause (Panama); (e) Opera…