Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 10. MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

CHAPTER 2. VETERANS

Part 1. Board of Veterans' Affairs

County And Multicounty Veterans' Service Offices

10-2-115. (Temporary) County and multicounty veterans' service offices. (1) A county may provide for a county veterans' service office to assist veterans and their families in filing benefit claims.

(2) The governing body of two or more counties may enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish a multicounty veterans' service office that operates under the same guidelines as a single-county office.

(3) Veterans' service officers assigned to county veterans' service offices must be trained, accredited, and supervised in accordance with applicable provisions of 38 CFR 14.629.

(4) A county may fund its veterans' service office as provided for in 15-10-425 or through other means provided by law. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 6, Ch. 462, L. 2019.)

10-2-115. (Effective July 1, 2023) County veterans' service officers. A county may, with the advice of the board, provide for a county veterans' service officer to assist veterans and their families in filing benefit claims. If a county provides for a veterans' service officer under this section, the officer must be trained, accredited, and supervised in accordance with the applicable provisions of 38 CFR 14.629. A county may fund the position as provided for in 15-10-425 or through other means provided by law.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 491, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 462, L. 2019.