Senate Bill sb0156c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 156

    By the Committee on Military Affairs and Domestic Security;
    and Senator Geller




    583-1102-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to periods of wartime service

  3         for veterans; amending s. 1.01, F.S.;

  4         redefining the term "veteran" for purposes of

  5         construing the Florida Statutes to include a

  6         person who served in the active military,

  7         naval, or air service in Operation Enduring

  8         Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom; providing

  9         an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Paragraphs (h) and (i) are added to

14  subsection (14) of section 1.01, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         1.01  Definitions.--In construing these statutes and

16  each and every word, phrase, or part hereof, where the context

17  will permit:

18         (14)  The term "veteran" means a person who served in

19  the active military, naval, or air service and who was

20  discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions

21  only or who later received an upgraded discharge under

22  honorable conditions, notwithstanding any action by the United

23  States Department of Veterans Affairs on individuals

24  discharged or released with other than honorable discharges.

25  To receive benefits as a wartime veteran, a veteran must have

26  served in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge

27  has been authorized or a veteran must have served during one

28  of the following periods of wartime service:

29         (h)  Operation Enduring Freedom: October 7, 2001, and

30  ending on the date thereafter prescribed by presidential

31  proclamation or by law.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 156
    583-1102-07




 1         (i)  Operation Iraqi Freedom: Beginning March 19, 2003

 2  and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by presidential

 3  proclamation or by law.

 4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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 6          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 7                         Senate Bill 0156

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 9  This committee substitute provides for an end date to the
    qualifying periods for wartime service benefits granted
10  qualified veterans serving during Operation Enduring Freedom
    and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The end date is tied to a
11  specified event which will be either a presidential
    proclamation or by law.
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