Bill Text: IN HB1059 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Military family relief fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-14 - Signed by the Governor [HB1059 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-HB1059-Amended.html

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January 17, 2012

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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.

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Baird, Gutwein, Dodge

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    January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety.
    January 17, 2012, reported _ Do Pass.

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January 17, 2012

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1059

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    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.