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Title XX VETERANS

Chapter 292 VETERANS' AFFAIRS; SERVICE OFFICERS

292.10 Local governing bodies authorized to assist war veterans; powers.--The board of county commissioners of each county and the governing body of each city in the state are hereby granted full and complete power and authority to aid and assist wherever practical and feasible the veterans, male and female, who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States in any war and received an honorable discharge from any branch of the military service of the United States, and their dependents, in presenting claims for and securing such compensation, hospitalization, education, loans, career training, and other benefits or privileges to which said veterans, or any of them, are or may become entitled under any federal or state law or regulation by reason of their service in the Armed Forces of the United States.

History.--s. 1, ch. 23017, 1945; s. 4, ch. 77-330; s. 25, ch. 2004-357.

Last modified: November 21, 2006