Bill Text: VA HB2518 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Disabled Veteran's State Museum Passport; established.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Left in Appropriations [HB2518 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-HB2518-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2518 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 9, 2019 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-3200.1, relating to disabled veterans; free entry into state museums and other cultural institutions. ---------- Patrons-- Ayala, Kory and Levine ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-3200.1 as follows:

§23.1-3200.1. Disabled Veteran's State Museum Passport established; free entry into state museums and other cultural institutions.

The Department of Veterans Services shall establish a Disabled Veteran's State Museum Passport that entitles the bearer to enter state museums and other cultural institutions established pursuant to this chapter without the payment of a parking or admission fee. The passport shall be issued upon request to a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, or a reserve component thereof, including the National Guard 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 50 percent or higher. The passport shall be valid for as long as the determination of the 50 percent or higher service-connected disability by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs remains in effect.