Military and Veterans - Digest of Bills

Digest of Bills - 1997

MILITARY AND VETERANS

H.B. 97-1083 National guard members - reemployment and benefits. Makes the reemployment and benefit retention rights that apply when private employees who are members of the Colorado national guard are absent from employment for military training applicable to such guard members who are absent from employment due to active service for state purposes, regardless of the length of the absence.

APPROVED by Governor March 4, 1997
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1997

H.B. 97-1320 Western slope veterans' cemetery - committee - report - fund. Directs the Colorado board of veterans affairs to appoint an advisory committee of between 5 and 7 persons residing on the western slope to report on the establishment of a military veterans' cemetery on the western slope. Requires the advisory committee to report to the board of veterans affairs by November 1, 1997, on:

The appropriate size, location, and potential sites for the cemetery;
The anticipated costs for the establishment and maintenance of the cemetery;
Plans for raising moneys for the establishment and maintenance of the cemetery;
The availability and desirability of federal moneys for the acquisition and operation of the cemetery; and
Eligibility requirements for interment in the cemetery.

Directs the board of veterans affairs to submit recommendations on plans for the establishment and maintenance of the cemetery to the capital development committee within 30 days of receipt of the advisory committee's report.

Establishes a new fund to accept donations, grants, and appropriations for the acquisition and operation of the cemetery.

APPROVED by Governor June 5, 1997
EFFECTIVE June 5, 1997