North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 165 Veterans

Article 1 - Department of Administration.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-1. North Carolina Veterans Commission renamed
The North Carolina Veterans Commission is hereby renamed the Department of Administration. The Department shall assume all duties, responsibilities and powers formerly exercised by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-2. References changed
Wherever in the General Statutes the words "North Carolina Veterans Commission" appear, the same shall be stricken out and the words "North Carolina Department...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-3. Definitions
Wherever used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this section shall have the following meaning: (1) "Commission" means...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-4. Purpose
The purpose of this Article is to provide assistance to veterans, their families and their dependents, in obtaining or maintaining privileges, rights and benefits...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-5. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 620, s. 9
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-6. Powers and duties of the Department
In furtherance of the stated purpose of this Article, the Department is hereby authorized and empowered to do the following: (1) To assist veterans,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-7. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 620, s. 9
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-8. Quarters
The Department of Administration shall provide, in the City of Raleigh, adequate quarters for the central office of the Department of Administration. The Department...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-9. Appropriations
Appropriations for the Department shall be made from the general fund of the State, and the Governor, with the approval of the Council of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-10. Transfer of veterans' activities
The Governor may transfer to the Department such funds, facilities, properties and activities now being held or administered by the State for the benefit...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-11. Copies of records to be furnished to the Department of Administration
(a) Whenever copies of any State and local public records are requested by a representative of the Department of Administration in assisting persons in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-11.1. Confidentiality of Veterans Affairs records
Notwithstanding any other provisions of Chapter 143B, no records of the Division of Veterans Affairs in the Department of Administration shall be disclosed or...

Article 2 - Minor Veterans.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-12. Short title
This Article may be cited as "The Minor Veterans Enabling Act." (1945, c. 770.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-13. Definition
As used in this Article, "veteran" means any person who may be entitled to any benefits or rights under the laws of the United...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-14. Application of Article
This Article applies to every person, either male or female, 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age, who is,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-15. Purpose of Article
The purpose of this Article is to remove the disqualification of age which would otherwise prevent persons to whom this Article applies from taking...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-16. Rights conferred; limitation
(a) Every person to whom this Article applies is hereby authorized and empowered, in his or her own name without order of court or...

Article 3 - Minor Spouses of Veterans.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-17. Definition
As used in this Article, "veteran" means any person who may be entitled to any benefits or rights under the laws of the United...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-18. Rights conferred
(a) Any person under the age of 18 years who is the husband or wife of a veteran, is hereby authorized and empowered in...

Article 4 - Scholarships for Children of War Veterans.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-19. Purpose
In appreciation for the service and sacrifices of North Carolina's war veterans and as evidence of this State's concern for their children, there is...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-20. Definitions
As used in this Article the terms defined in this section shall have the following meaning: (1) "Active federal service" means full-time duty in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-21. Scholarship
(a) A scholarship granted pursuant to this Article shall consist of the following benefits in either a State or private educational institution: (1) With...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-22. Classes or categories of eligibility under which scholarships may be awarded
A child, as defined in this Article, who falls within the provisions of any eligibility class described below shall, upon proper application be considered...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-22.1. Administration and funding
(a) The administration of the scholarship program shall be vested in the Department of Administration, and the disbursing and accounting activities required shall be...

Article 5 - Veterans' Recreation Authorities.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-23. Short title
This Article may be referred to as the "Veterans' Recreation Authorities Law." (1945, c. 460, s. 1.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-24. Finding and declaration of necessity
It is hereby declared that conditions resulting from the concentration in various cities and towns of the State having a population of more than...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-25. Definitions
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this Article, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-26. Creation of authority
If the council of any city in the State having a population of more than one hundred thousand, according to the last federal census,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-27. Appointment, qualifications and tenure of commissioners
An authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the mayor, and he shall designate the first chairman. Of the commissioners who are first...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-28. Duty of the authority and commissioners of the authority
The authority and its commissioners shall be under a statutory duty to comply or to cause compliance strictly with all provisions of this Article...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-29. Interested commissioners or employees
No commissioner or employee of any authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any veterans' recreation project or in any property included...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-30. Removal of commissioners
The mayor may remove a commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the commissioner shall have been...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-31. Powers of authority
An authority shall constitute a public body and a body corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and having all the powers necessary or convenient...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-32. Zoning and building laws
All recreation projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-33. Tax exemptions
The authority shall be exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the State or any subdivisions thereof, or to any officer...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-34. Reports
The authority shall, at least once a year, file with the mayor of the city an audit report by a certified public accountant of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-35. Exemption from Local Government and County Fiscal Control Acts
The authority shall be exempt from the operation and provisions of Chapter 60 of the Public Laws of North Carolina of 1931, known as...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-36. Conveyance, lease or transfer of property by a city or county to an authority
Any city or county, in order to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or management of any veterans' recreation project, or in order...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-37. Contracts, etc., with federal government
In addition to the powers conferred upon the authority by other provisions of this Article, the authority is empowered to borrow money and/or accept...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-38. Article controlling
Insofar as the provisions of this Article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling:...

Article 6 - Powers of Attorney.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-39. Validity of acts of agent performed after death of principal
No agency created by a power of attorney in writing given by a principal who is at the time of execution, or who, after...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-40. Affidavit of agent as to possessing no knowledge of death of principal
An affidavit, executed by the attorney in fact or agent, setting forth that he has not or had not, at the time of doing...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-41. Report of "missing" not to constitute revocation
No report or listing, either official or otherwise, of "missing" or "missing in action," as such words are used in military parlance, shall constitute...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-42. Article not to affect provisions for revocation
This Article shall not be construed so as to alter or affect any provisions for revocation or termination contained in such power of attorney....

Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-43. Protecting status of State employees in Armed Forces, etc
Any employee of the State of North Carolina, who has been granted a leave of absence for service in either (i) the Armed Forces...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44. Korean and Vietnam veterans; benefits and privileges
(a) All benefits and privileges now granted by the laws of this State to veterans of World War I and World War II and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44.01. Wearing of medals by public safety personnel
(a) Uniformed public safety officers may wear military service medals during the business week prior to Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of...

Article 7A - Priority in Employment Assistance for Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44.1. Purpose
The General Assembly finds and declares that veterans in North Carolina represent a strong, productive part of the workforce of this State and are...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44.2. Veteran defined
For the purposes of this Article, "veteran" means a person who served on active duty (other than for training) in any component of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44.3. Priority defined
For the purposes of this Article, "priority" for veterans means that eligible veterans who register or otherwise apply for services shall be extended the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44.4. Coverage defined
This Article shall apply to any State agency, department and institution, any county, city, or other political subdivision of the State, any board or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44.5. Priority employment assistance directed
All covered service providers, as specified in G.S. 165-44.4, shall establish procedures to provide veterans with priority, not inconsistent with existing federal or State...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-44.6. Implementation and performance measures
The North Carolina Commission on Workforce Preparedness shall: (1) Issue implementing directives that shall apply to all covered service providers as specified in G.S....

Article 8 - State Veterans Home.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-45. Short Title
This Article may be referred to as the "State Veterans Home Act". (1995, c. 346, s. 1.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-46. Establishment
The State of North Carolina shall construct, maintain, and operate veterans homes for the aged and infirm veterans resident in this State under the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-47. Exemption from certificate of need
Any state veterans home established by the Division of Veterans Affairs shall be exempt from the certificate of need requirements as set out in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-48. North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund
(a) Establishment. - A trust fund shall be established in the State treasury, for the Division of Veterans Affairs, to be known as the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-49. Funding
(a) The Division of Veterans Affairs of the Department of Administration may apply for and receive federal aid and assistance from the United States...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-50. Contracted operation of homes
The Veterans Affairs Commission may contract with persons or other nongovernmental entities to operate each State veterans home. Contracts for the procurement of services...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-51. Program staff
The Division shall appoint and fix the salary of an Administrative Officer for the State veterans home program. The Administrative Officer shall be an...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-52. Admission and dismissal authority
The Veterans Affairs Commission shall have authority to determine administrative standards for admission and dismissal, as well as the medical conditions, of all persons...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-53. Eligibility and priorities
(a) To be eligible for admission to a State veterans home, an applicant shall meet the following requirements: (1) The veteran shall have served...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-54. Deposit required
Each resident of any State veterans home shall pay to the Division of Veterans Affairs the cost of maintaining his or her residence at...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 165-55. Report and budget
(a) The Assistant Secretary for Veterans Affairs shall report annually to the Secretary of the Department of Administration on the activities of the State...

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