Bill Text: VA HB132 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Disabled Veteran's Passport; expands program to all veterans with service-connected disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB132 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB132-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §10.1-202.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§10.1-202.2. Disabled Veteran's Passport established; free entry into state parks and discounted services.
The Department shall establish a Disabled Veteran's Passport
that entitles the bearer to:
(i) enter state parks in the Commonwealth without the payment of a parking or
admission fee and (ii) receive a 50 percent discount on camping and swimming
fees, picnic shelter rentals, and other Department-provided equipment rentals.
The passport shall be issued upon request to a veteran of the armed forces Armed Forces of the United States with a letter from the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, or from the military service that discharged
the veteran, certifying that such veteran has a service-connected disability rating of 100 percent. The
passport shall be valid for as long as the determination of the 100 percent service-connected disability by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs remains in effect.
