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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 HB 439
By Representative Stansel
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to educational benefits for
3 dependent children of military personnel who
4 died or incurred total and permanent disability
5 while participating in Operation Enduring
6 Freedom; creating s. 295.0185, F.S.; providing
7 educational opportunity at state expense for
8 dependent children of military personnel who
9 died or suffered a service-connected
10 100-percent total and permanent disability in
11 Operation Enduring Freedom; specifying
12 documentation which constitutes proof of
13 eligibility for such benefits; providing an
14 effective date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Section 295.0185, Florida Statutes, is
19 created to read:
20 295.0185 Children of deceased or disabled military
21 personnel who died or became disabled in Operation Enduring
22 Freedom; educational opportunity.--
23 (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the
24 state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for
25 the dependent children of those military personnel who died or
26 suffered a service-connected 100-percent total and permanent
27 disability rating for compensation as determined by the United
28 States Department of Veterans Affairs, or who have been
29 determined to have a service-connected total and permanent
30 disability rating of 100 percent and are in receipt of
31 disability retirement pay from any branch of the United States
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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 HB 439
712-131B-02
1 Armed Services, while participating in Operation Enduring
2 Freedom, which began on October 7, 2001, if such military
3 personnel were residents of the the state during the period of
4 military action. A certified copy of a death certificate, a
5 valid identification card issued in accordance with the
6 provisions of s. 295.17, a letter certifying the
7 service-connected 100-percent total and permanent disability
8 rating for compensation from the United States Department of
9 Veterans Affairs, or a letter certifying the service-connected
10 total and permanent disability rating of 100 percent for
11 retirement pay from any branch of the United States Armed
12 Services shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the
13 dependent children of such military personnel are eligible for
14 educational benefits.
15 (2) The provisions of ss. 240.404, 295.03, 295.04, and
16 295.05 shall apply.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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20 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Provides educational opportunity at state expense for
22 dependent children of military personnel who died or
suffered a service-connected 100-percent total and
23 permanent disability in Operation Enduring Freedom, which
began on October 7, 2001. Specifies documentation which
24 constitutes proof of eligibility for such benefits.
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