CHAPTER 12. MILITARY FAMILY RELIEF FUND
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Chapter 12. Military Family Relief Fund
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Application
Sec. 0.5. This chapter applies after December 31, 2006.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8.
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Purpose of fund
Sec. 0.7. The purpose of the fund established in section 8 of thischapter is to provide short term financial assistance to families ofqualified service members for hardships that result from the qualifiedservice members' active duty service.
As added by P.L.50-2009, SEC.1.
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"Active duty"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "active duty" means full-timeservice in the:
(1) armed forces; or
(2) National Guard;
for a period that exceeds thirty (30) consecutive days.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.50-2009, SEC.2.
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"Armed forces"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "armed forces" includes the activeor reserve components of the following:
(1) The United States Army.
(2) The United States Navy.
(3) The United States Marine Corps.
(4) The United States Air Force.
(5) The United States Coast Guard.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.50-2009, SEC.3.
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Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.113-2010, SEC.170.)
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"Commission"
Sec. 3.5. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to theIndiana veterans' affairs commission established by IC 10-17-13-4.
As added by P.L.113-2010, SEC.76.
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"Department"
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to the Indianadepartment of veterans' affairs established by IC 10-17-1-2.As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8.
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"Director"
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "director" refers to the director ofveterans' affairs.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8.
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"Dependent"
Sec. 5.5. As used in this chapter, "dependent" has the meaning setforth in 37 U.S.C. 401, as in effect on January 1, 2009.
As added by P.L.50-2009, SEC.4.
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"Fund"
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the military familyrelief fund established by section 8 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8.
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"National guard"
Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "national guard" means:
(1) the Indiana Army National Guard; or
(2) the Indiana Air National Guard.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8.
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"Qualified service member"
Sec. 7.5. As used in this chapter, "qualified service member"means an individual who is:
(1) an Indiana resident;
(2) a member of:
(A) the armed forces; or
(B) the National Guard; and
(3) serving on active duty:
(A) after September 11, 2001; and
(B) during a time of national conflict or war.
As added by P.L.50-2009, SEC.5.
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Establishment of the fund; eligibility
Sec. 8. (a) The military family relief fund is established to provideassistance with food, housing, utilities, medical services, basictransportation, child care, education, employment or workforce, andother essential family support expenses that have become difficult toafford for qualified service members or dependents of qualifiedservice members.
(b) Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, thecommission shall expend the money in the fund exclusively to
provide grants for assistance as described in subsection (a).
(c) A qualified service member or the qualified service member'sdependent may be eligible to receive assistance from the fund for upto one (1) year after the earlier of the following:
(1) The date the qualified service member's active duty serviceends.
(2) The date, as established by presidential proclamation or bylaw, of the cessation of the national conflict or war with respectto which the qualified service member is eligible to receiveassistance under section 7.5(3)(B) of this chapter.
(d) The commission shall administer the fund.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.144-2007,SEC.12; P.L.151-2007, SEC.2; P.L.3-2008, SEC.86; P.L.50-2009,SEC.6; P.L.113-2010, SEC.77.
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Funding sources; investment; nonreversion
Sec. 9. (a) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations made by the general assembly.
(2) Donations to the fund.
(3) Interest.
(4) Money transferred to the fund from other funds.
(5) Annual supplemental fees collected under IC 9-29-5-38.5.
(6) Money from any other source authorized or appropriated forthe fund.
(b) The commission shall transfer the money in the fund notcurrently needed to provide assistance or meet the obligations of thefund to the veterans' affairs trust fund established by IC 10-17-13-3.
(c) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does notrevert to the state general fund or to any other fund.
(d) There is annually appropriated to the commission for thepurposes of this chapter all money in the fund not otherwiseappropriated to the commission for the purposes of this chapter.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.144-2007,SEC.13; P.L.50-2009, SEC.7; P.L.113-2010, SEC.78.
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Authority to adopt rules
Sec. 10. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for theprovision of grants under this chapter. The rules adopted under thissection must address the following:
(1) Uniform need determination procedures.
(2) Eligibility criteria.
(3) Application procedures.
(4) Selection procedures.
(5) Coordination with other assistance programs.
(6) Other areas in which the department determines that rulesare necessary to ensure the uniform administration of the grantprogram under this chapter.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.144-2007,
SEC.14; P.L.113-2010, SEC.79.
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Authority to request appropriations
Sec. 11. The director or a member of the commission may makea request to the general assembly for an appropriation to the fund.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.144-2007,SEC.15; P.L.113-2010, SEC.80.
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Donations; Internet capability
Sec. 12. The director shall establish the capability to receivedonations to the fund from the public on the department's Internetsite.
As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8.