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Section 31-5-10

County service commissioners and district service commissioners - Duties.

(a) The county service commissioner and district service commissioner shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by policies, rules and regulations and instructions promulgated by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs and shall be administratively responsible to the State Service Commissioner.

(b) It shall be the duty of the county service commissioner and district service commissioner to:

(1) Cooperate with and assist the volunteer county veterans' service committees in his district or county in the development of a veterans' assistance program for his district or county.

(2) Furnish information and data to the office of the State Service Commissioner relative to the various aspects of the problems of veterans and dependents of veterans in his jurisdiction.

(3) Provide in his office an information and referral service to veterans seeking aid and assistance in connection with matters pertaining to employment and reemployment, educational and vocational training, health, medical, rehabilitation and housing services and facilities, emergency financial assistance and other matters of similar or relative and appropriate natures.

(4) Cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private agencies offering services or any benefits to veterans, their families and dependents.

(5) Aid all residents of the district or county who served in the military or naval forces or other armed services during any war in which the United States has been engaged, and members of the armed services during peacetime who have been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable from the services, their relatives, beneficiaries and dependents to receive from the United States any and all compensation, hospitalization, insurance and other aid or benefits to which they may be entitled under existing laws of the United States, or such as may hereafter be enacted, and he shall perform such other duties in connection therewith as may be assigned by the state board.

(6) To seek out and advise the veterans of the district or county of their rights and benefits under state and federal laws, and to encourage their taking advantage of the educational opportunity, trade and vocational training, and to counsel and advise widows, orphans and beneficiaries to the end that veterans and citizens of the county shall secure the maximum return from the available benefits.

(c) Each county service commissioner shall devote his entire time to such duties.

(Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §10.)

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Section 31-5-10

County service commissioners and district service commissioners - Duties.

(a) The county service commissioner and district service commissioner shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by policies, rules and regulations and instructions promulgated by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs and shall be administratively responsible to the State Service Commissioner.

(b) It shall be the duty of the county service commissioner and district service commissioner to:

(1) Cooperate with and assist the volunteer county veterans' service committees in his district or county in the development of a veterans' assistance program for his district or county.

(2) Furnish information and data to the office of the State Service Commissioner relative to the various aspects of the problems of veterans and dependents of veterans in his jurisdiction.

(3) Provide in his office an information and referral service to veterans seeking aid and assistance in connection with matters pertaining to employment and reemployment, educational and vocational training, health, medical, rehabilitation and housing services and facilities, emergency financial assistance and other matters of similar or relative and appropriate natures.

(4) Cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private agencies offering services or any benefits to veterans, their families and dependents.

(5) Aid all residents of the district or county who served in the military or naval forces or other armed services during any war in which the United States has been engaged, and members of the armed services during peacetime who have been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable from the services, their relatives, beneficiaries and dependents to receive from the United States any and all compensation, hospitalization, insurance and other aid or benefits to which they may be entitled under existing laws of the United States, or such as may hereafter be enacted, and he shall perform such other duties in connection therewith as may be assigned by the state board.

(6) To seek out and advise the veterans of the district or county of their rights and benefits under state and federal laws, and to encourage their taking advantage of the educational opportunity, trade and vocational training, and to counsel and advise widows, orphans and beneficiaries to the end that veterans and citizens of the county shall secure the maximum return from the available benefits.

(c) Each county service commissioner shall devote his entire time to such duties.

(Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §10.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title31 > Chapter5 > 31-5-10

Section 31-5-10

County service commissioners and district service commissioners - Duties.

(a) The county service commissioner and district service commissioner shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by policies, rules and regulations and instructions promulgated by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs and shall be administratively responsible to the State Service Commissioner.

(b) It shall be the duty of the county service commissioner and district service commissioner to:

(1) Cooperate with and assist the volunteer county veterans' service committees in his district or county in the development of a veterans' assistance program for his district or county.

(2) Furnish information and data to the office of the State Service Commissioner relative to the various aspects of the problems of veterans and dependents of veterans in his jurisdiction.

(3) Provide in his office an information and referral service to veterans seeking aid and assistance in connection with matters pertaining to employment and reemployment, educational and vocational training, health, medical, rehabilitation and housing services and facilities, emergency financial assistance and other matters of similar or relative and appropriate natures.

(4) Cooperate with all national, state and local governmental and private agencies offering services or any benefits to veterans, their families and dependents.

(5) Aid all residents of the district or county who served in the military or naval forces or other armed services during any war in which the United States has been engaged, and members of the armed services during peacetime who have been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable from the services, their relatives, beneficiaries and dependents to receive from the United States any and all compensation, hospitalization, insurance and other aid or benefits to which they may be entitled under existing laws of the United States, or such as may hereafter be enacted, and he shall perform such other duties in connection therewith as may be assigned by the state board.

(6) To seek out and advise the veterans of the district or county of their rights and benefits under state and federal laws, and to encourage their taking advantage of the educational opportunity, trade and vocational training, and to counsel and advise widows, orphans and beneficiaries to the end that veterans and citizens of the county shall secure the maximum return from the available benefits.

(c) Each county service commissioner shall devote his entire time to such duties.

(Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §10.)