NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 384

HOUSE BILL 392

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 116-149 AND TO REWRITE G.S. 116-151 RELATING TO VETERANS COMMISSION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHIDREN OF WAR VETERANS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 116-149 is hereby amended by adding to subparagraph b(2) the following:

"Provided, that the requirement in the preceding sentence as to birth in North Carolina may be waived by the North Carolina Veterans Commission if it is shown to the satisfaction of the commission that the child's mother was a native born resident of North Carolina and was such resident at the time of her marriage to the veteran and was outside the State temporarily at the time of the child's birth, following which the child was returned to North Carolina within a reasonable period of time where said child has since lived continuously.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 116-151 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"G.S. 116-151.  Classes of Eligible Children Entitled to Scholarships. An eligible child shall be entitled to and granted a scholarship as provided by this Article if such child falls within the provisions of any one of the three classes described below, subject to any limitations set out therein. The North Carolina Veterans Commission shall determine the eligibility of applicants, select the scholarship recipients and maintain necessary records on scholarship applications and awards.

"(1)      Class I: Any eligible child whose father was killed in action or died from wounds or other causes while a member of the armed forces during either period of military service described in Section 116-149, or whose father has died as a direct result of injuries, wounds, or other illness contracted during said period of service, or any eligible child whose father is or was a veteran who, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be availed of, is suffering from, or who at the time of his death was suffering from, one hundred per cent (100%) service-connected disability, as rated by the United States Veterans Administration, and who is or was drawing compensation for such disability.

"(2)      Class II: Any eligible child whose father is or was a veteran, who at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be available of, is suffering from, or who at the time of his death, was suffering from, a service-connected disability of thirty per cent (30%) or more as rated by the United States Veterans Administration; or any eligible child whose father is or was a veteran and was a prisoner of war for a period of at least six (6) months and who was wounded in combat against an enemy of the United States of America during the time of war and is or was at the time of his death suffering from a service-connected disability of twenty per cent (20%) or more as rated by the United States Veterans Administration; provided that benefits pursuant to Section 116-150 for this class of eligible children shall be limited to not more than fifty (50) eligible children in any one school year; provided further that a lesser number may be selected in the discretion of the North Carolina Veterans Commission. A statutory award for tuberculosis, pulmonary, arrested, shall be considered as meeting the criteria of disability as set forth with respect to this class.

"(3)      Class III. Any eligible child whose father is or was a veteran who, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be available of, is suffering from, or who at the time of his death was suffering from, one hundred per cent (100%) nonservice-connected disability, as rated by the United States Veterans Administration, and who is or was drawing compensation for such disability; provided that benefits pursuant to Section 116-150 for this class of eligible children shall be limited to not more than fifty (50) children in any one school year; provided further that a lesser number may be selected in the discretion of the North Carolina Veterans Commission."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of May, 1963.