January 17, 2012
HOUSE BILL No. 1059
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DIGEST OF HB 1059
(Updated January 17, 2012 11:25 am - DI 109)
Citations Affected: IC 10-17.
Synopsis: Military family relief fund. Extends from one year to three
years the time that a service member or a service member's dependent
may be eligible to receive assistance from the military family relief
fund.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety.
January 17, 2012, reported _ Do Pass.
January 17, 2012
Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1059
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
military and veterans.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 10-17-12-8; (12)HB1059.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 10-17-12-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.113-2010,
SECTION 77, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 8. (a) The military family relief fund is established
to provide assistance with food, housing, utilities, medical services,
basic transportation, child care, education, employment or workforce,
and other essential family support expenses that have become difficult
to afford for qualified service members or dependents of qualified
service members.
(b) Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, the commission
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's
dependent may be eligible to receive assistance from the fund for up to
one (1) year three (3) years after the earlier of the following:
(1) The date the qualified service member's active duty
service
ends.
(2) The date, as established by presidential proclamation or by
law, of the cessation of the national conflict or war with respect
to which the qualified service member is eligible to receive
assistance under section 7.5(3)(B) of this chapter.
(d) The commission shall administer the fund.