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- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.04; Florida Commission on Veterans' Affairs.
(1)(a) There is created a Florida Commission on Veterans' Affairs to be composed of nine commissioners who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.05; Duties of Department of Veterans' Affairs.
(1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide assistance to all former, present, and future members of the Armed Forces of the United States and ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 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 ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.11; County and city veteran service officer.
(1) Each board of county commissioners may employ a county veteran service officer; provide office space, clerical assistance, and the necessary supplies incidental to providing ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.12; Cooperation with other agencies.
The board of county commissioners of each county and the governing body of each city in the state may, in order to accomplish the purposes ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.13; Services to be without charge.
All services performed by any county or city veteran service officer employed hereunder for any veteran or his or her dependents shall be rendered without ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.14; Construction of law.
It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that in construing this law the broadest interpretation be given to the same, in order to ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.15; Taxation and appropriation.
The boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state be and the same are hereby expressly authorized and empowered to levy a ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 292.16; Construction of ss. 292.10-292.15.
Sections 292.10 to 292.15 shall not be construed to be exclusive, but shall be cumulative and supplemental to other acts relating to the ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.01; Children of deceased or disabled veterans; spouses of deceased or disabled servicemembers; education.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for dependent children either of whose ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.015; Children of prisoners of war and persons missing in action; education.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for dependent children either of whose ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.016; Children of service members who died or became disabled in Operation Eagle Claw.
(1) It is hereby declared to be a policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of any ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.017; Children of service members who died or became disabled in the Lebanon and Grenada military arenas; educational opportunity.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of any ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.018; Children of service members who died in Newfoundland air tragedy; educational opportunity.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of those ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.0185; Children of deceased or disabled military personnel who die or become disabled in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom; educational opportunity.
(1) It is declared to be the policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of those military ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.019; Children of service members who died in U.S.S. Stark attack.
(1) It is hereby declared to be state policy to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of those service members killed ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.0195; Children of deceased or disabled military personnel who died or became disabled in the Mideast Persian Gulf military arena during hostilities with Iraq or in the military action in Panama known as Operation Just Cause.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of those ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.02; Use of funds; age, etc.
(1) Sums appropriated and expended to carry out the provisions of s. 295.01(1) shall be used to pay tuition and registration fees, board, ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.03; Minimum requirements.
Upon failure of any student benefited by the provisions of this chapter to comply with the ordinary and minimum requirements of the institution attended, both ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.04; Appropriation; benefits.
The sum necessary for the purposes of this chapter shall be appropriated in the General Appropriations Act for each fiscal year, provided that no student ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.05; Admission; enrollment.
Eligibility for admission is not affected by this chapter, but all students receiving benefits under this chapter shall be enrolled according to the customary rules ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.065; Legislative intent.
It is the intent of the Legislature to provide preference and priority in the hiring practices of this state as set forth in this chapter. ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.07; Preference in appointment and retention.
(1) The state and political subdivisions in the state shall give preference in appointment and retention in positions of employment to: (a) Those disabled veterans: ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.08; Positions for which a numerically based selection process is used.
For positions for which an examination is used to determine the qualifications for entrance into employment with the state or political subdivisions in the state, ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.085; Positions for which a numerically based selection process is not used.
In all positions in which the appointment or employment of persons is not subject to a written examination, with the exception of positions that are ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.09; Reinstatement or reemployment; promotion preference.
(1)(a) When an employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions employed in a position subject or not subject to a career ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.101; Employment preference; expiration.
A veteran's employment preference expires after a person eligible pursuant to s. 295.07 has applied and been employed by the state or any ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.11; Investigation; administrative hearing for not employing preferred applicant.
(1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs or its designee shall, upon the written request of any person specified in s. 295.07, investigate any complaint ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.123; Deserters and others; inapplicability of chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who has been classified by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.124; State approving agency for veterans' education and training.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall act as the state approving agency for purposes of veterans' education and training, in accordance with 38 U.S....
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.125; Preference for admission to career training.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature through enactment of this section to assist returning veterans of the Southeast Asian conflict to train themselves ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.13; Disability of minority of veterans and spouse removed, benefits under Servicemen's Readjustment Act.
The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for a loan, or guaranty or insurance of a loan, pursuant to chapter 37 of Title ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.14; Penalties.
(1) When the Public Employees Relations Commission, after a hearing on notice conducted according to rules adopted by the commission, determines that a violation of ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.155; Military retirement based on longevity.
Military retirement on the basis of longevity does not disqualify a person eligible under s. 295.07 from veterans' employment ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.16; Disabled veterans exempt from certain license or permit fee.
No totally and permanently disabled veteran who is a resident of Florida and honorably discharged from the Armed Forces, who has been issued a valid ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.17; Identification cards.
(1)(a) The Department of Veterans' Affairs may issue an identification card to any veteran who is a permanent resident of the state and who ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.18; Florida World War II Veterans Memorial Matching Trust Fund; creation.
The Florida World War II Veterans Memorial Matching Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Funds shall be ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.181; Short title.
This act may be cited as the "Florida World War II Veterans Memorial ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.182; Florida World War II Veterans Memorial Matching Trust Fund; contributions; use.
(1) The Florida World War II Veterans Memorial Matching Trust Fund, if created by law, within the Department of Veterans' Affairs shall receive private contributions ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.183; Construction; location; contents.
If sufficient funds are available in the Florida World War II Veterans Memorial Matching Trust Fund to cover the full costs of the project, construction ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.185; Dedication and unveiling ceremony.
Upon completion of the memorial, the Governor shall arrange an appropriate dedication and unveiling ceremony. The ceremony shall be held on a date of the ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 295.186; Removal of certain forms from official records.
Any veteran of the United States Armed Forces or his or her widow or widower, attorney, personal representative, executor, or court appointed guardian has the ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.01; Short title.
This part may be cited as the "Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.02; Definitions.
For the purposes of this part, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Applicant" means a veteran with wartime service or peacetime service as ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.03; Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida.
The Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida is for veterans who served in wartime service or peacetime service, as defined in s. 296.02, and is ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.04; Administrator; duties and qualifications; responsibilities.
(1) The director shall appoint an administrator who shall be responsible for the overall operation of the home and the care of the residents. (2) ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.05; Bond of administrator and certain employees.
The administrator and those employees of the home who control or distribute moneys or funds shall file a bond in such form and amount as ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.06; State policy; eligibility requirements.
(1) It is the policy of the state to admit residents into the home without regard to race, age, sex, creed, religion, national origin, or ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.07; Certain persons ineligible.
A person who is mentally ill, habitually inebriated, or addicted to the use of drugs may not be received or retained in the home. It ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.08; Priority of admittance.
(1) In determining the eligibility of applicants to the home, the administrator shall give admittance priority in accordance with the following schedule: (a) Those veterans ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.09; Health record and general register to be maintained.
(1) A health record for each resident must be maintained and must contain an identification sheet, a medical history, a report of initial physical examination, ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.10; Residents; contribution to support.
(1)(a) Each resident of the home who receives a pension, compensation, or gratuity from the United States Government, or income from any other source ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.11; Funds of home and disposition of moneys.
(1) The home shall deposit all moneys which it receives for care of residents from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and residents into ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.12; Residents' Deposits Trust Fund.
(1) There is created a Residents' Deposits Trust Fund. All moneys received by the home under this section must be deposited into the Residents' Deposits ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.13; Death of resident; disposition of moneys held.
(1) Any balance of moneys which belongs to a resident and is held by the home, or by its authority, at the time of the ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.14; Personal property; deceased residents; residents leaving.
(1) Any resident of the home may deposit personal property other than money with the administrator for safekeeping. The property must be returned to the ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.15; Gifts, grants, and endowments to the home.
The home may receive and accept gifts, grants, and endowments in the name of the home. All such gifts, grants, and endowments are to be ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.16; Reports to the Governor, Cabinet, and Legislature.
The director shall report to the Governor, the Cabinet, and the Legislature by December 31 of each year, stating all receipts and expenditures, the condition ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.17; Audit; inspection; and standards for the home.
The home shall be open at any time to audit and inspection by the Auditor General and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.31; Short title.
This part may be cited as the "Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.32; Purpose.
The purpose of this part is to provide for the establishment of basic standards for the operation of veterans' nursing homes for eligible veterans in ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.33; Definitions.
As used in this part, the term: (1) "Administrator" means the licensed person who has been appointed to serve as the chief executive of the ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.34; Administrator; qualifications, duties, and responsibilities.
(1) The director shall appoint an administrator of each home who shall be responsible for the overall operation of the home and the care of ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.35; Nondiscrimination policy of the home.
It is the policy of the state to admit residents into the home without regard to race, age, sex, creed, religion, national origin, or any ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.36; Eligibility and priority of admittance.
(1) To be eligible for admittance to the home, the person must be a veteran as defined in s. 1.01(14) and must: (a) ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.37; Residents; contribution to support.
(1) Every resident of the home who receives a pension, compensation, or gratuity from the United States Government, or income from any other source of ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.38; Funds of home and disposition of moneys.
(1) The home shall deposit all moneys which it receives for care of residents from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and residents into ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.39; Reports to the Governor, Cabinet, and Legislature.
The director shall report to the Governor, the Cabinet, and the Legislature by December 31 of each year, stating all receipts and expenditures, the condition ...
- Florida Veterans Code Section 296.41; Audit; inspection; standards for the home.
The home shall be open at any time to audit and inspection by the Auditor General and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government ...
Last modified: November 21, 2006
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