Ask a question on the site
Questions
Lawyers
Blogs
Legislation
Contacts
Become a lawyer
Login Registration
Chapter 1. Indiana Veterans' Affairs
10-17-1-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter - Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to sections 5 and 9...
10-17-1-1. Purpose of Chapter - Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to create...
10-17-1-1.5. "Commission" - Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to...
10-17-1-2. Establishment of Department - Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana department of veterans' affairs is...
10-17-1-3. Repealed - [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-5-1-5.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.8. Repealed...
10-17-1-4. Powers of Commission; Reporting - Sec. 4. The commission shall do acts necessary or reasonably...
10-17-1-4.5. Unclaimed Remains of Veterans; Standards for Approval of Veterans' Service Organizations; Duties; Immunity - Sec. 4.5. (a) The definitions under IC 23-14-54.5-2 through IC...
10-17-1-5. Director of Veterans' Affairs - Sec. 5. (a) The position of director of veterans' affairs...
10-17-1-6. Duties of Director - Sec. 6. (a) The director of veterans' affairs: (1) is...
10-17-1-7. Powers of Attorney - Sec. 7. (a) A power of attorney authorizing action on...
10-17-1-8. Commission Contracts With the United States - Sec. 8. The commission may adopt rules necessary to: (1)...
10-17-1-9. County Service Officer, City Service Officer, and Assistants - Sec. 9. (a) A county executive: (1) shall designate and...
10-17-1-10. Training Courses; Service Officers - Sec. 10. (a) Within thirty (30) days of their appointment,...
10-17-1-11. Employment Requirements - Sec. 11. (a) The following employees of the Indiana department...
Chapter 2. County Recording of Military Discharge
10-17-2-1. Book for Recording; Electronic Preservation of Discharges; Annual Reliability Testing - Sec. 1. (a) To provide a special and permanent record...
10-17-2-2. Electronic Index; Electronic Records - Sec. 2. A book providing for the recording of discharges...
10-17-2-3. Recorders; Duties; Fee Prohibited - Sec. 3. A fee may not be collected for recording...
10-17-2-4. Person to Whom a Discharge Record May Be Released; Record Maintenance in Separate, Confidential, and Secure File; Prohibited Uses; Penalty - Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "photographic identification"...
Chapter 3. Certified Copies of Discharge Documents
10-17-3-1. "Honorably Discharged Veterans" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "honorably discharged veterans"...
10-17-3-2. Copies Necessary to Secure Benefits to Military Personnel - Sec. 2. The state or a political subdivision shall provide...
10-17-3-3. Fees for Document Copies - Sec. 3. The state or a political subdivision may collect...
Chapter 4. Leave of Absence for Military Training
10-17-4-1. Restoration to Former Position; Seniority; Pay - Sec. 1. (a) This section is subject to IC 10-16-7-5...
10-17-4-2. Vacation; Sick Leave; Bonus; Advances and Other Advantages - Sec. 2. Absence for military training does not affect an...
10-17-4-3. Action for Damages - Sec. 3. If an employer fails to comply with sections...
10-17-4-4. Reserve Member of Armed Forces Called to Receive Temporary Military Training; Restoration to Former Position; Compensation and Benefits - Sec. 4. (a) This section is subject to IC 10-16-7-5...
10-17-4-5. Action for Damages - Sec. 5. An employer that refuses to grant an employee...
Chapter 5. Repealed - [Pre-2003 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.42-2020, SEC.9.
Chapter 6. Contracts of Minor Veterans Under Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
10-17-6-1. Authorization to Execute Contracts - Sec. 1. (a) A person who is: (1) less than...
Chapter 7. Dependent Benefits of Vietnam Prisoners
10-17-7-1. "Dependent" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dependent" means a...
10-17-7-2. "Prisoner of War or Person Missing in Action" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "prisoner of war...
10-17-7-3. Educational Benefits - Sec. 3. (a) A dependent of a prisoner of war...
Chapter 8. Repealed - [Pre-2003 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.42-2020, SEC.11.
Chapter 9. Indiana Veterans' Home
10-17-9-0.3. "Director" - Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "director" refers to...
10-17-9-0.5. "Home" - Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "home" refers to...
10-17-9-0.8. "Superintendent" - Sec. 0.8. As used in this chapter, "superintendent" refers to...
10-17-9-1. Conduct and Maintenance - Sec. 1. The conduct and maintenance of the Indiana Veterans'...
10-17-9-2. Gifts; Legacies; Devises; Conveyances - Sec. 2. The home may receive for the use of...
10-17-9-3. Appropriations for Buildings - Sec. 3. The board of county commissioners in each county...
10-17-9-3.5. Appointment of Superintendent - Sec. 3.5. (a) The director shall appoint the superintendent of...
10-17-9-4. Superintendent Responsibilities - Sec. 4. The superintendent of the Indiana Veterans' Home: (1)...
10-17-9-5. Political Affiliation of Employees - Sec. 5. The superintendent may not appoint or employ a...
10-17-9-6. Repealed - [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-6-1-17.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.8. Repealed...
10-17-9-7. Admissions; Rules; Funds; Death - Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "eligible person"...
10-17-9-8. Cost of Maintaining Members - Sec. 8. (a) Each member, the estate of a deceased...
10-17-9-9. Billing and Collection of Maintenance Costs; Funds - Sec. 9. (a) The billing and collection of the maintenance...
10-17-9-10. Agreement to Accept Lesser Amount for Maintenance Cost; Petition for Release or Modification of Maintenance Charge - Sec. 10. (a) The superintendent of the Indiana Veterans' Home,...
10-17-9-11. Standard Method of Determining Maintenance Charges; Adjustments - Sec. 11. (a) The superintendent of the Indiana Veterans' Home,...
10-17-9-12. Lien for Unpaid Maintenance Charges - Sec.12. (a) If charges for the cost of maintenance of...
10-17-9-13. Claim or Judgment for Maintenance Charges; Suit Against Legal Guardian; Foreclosure; Claim Against Estate - Sec. 13. (a) The attorney general, upon notification of the...
10-17-9-14. Agreements With Federal Government - Sec. 14. The superintendent of the Indiana Veterans' Home may...
10-17-9-15. Transfer From Department of Veterans' Affairs - Sec. 15. (a) If space is available, the superintendent of...
10-17-9-16. State Treasurer Investigation; Disposition of Federal Funds - Sec. 16. (a) The treasurer of state may require an...
10-17-9-17. Applicability of Financial Reorganization Act of 1947 - Sec. 17. IC 4-13-2 applies to the Indiana Veterans' Home....
10-17-9-18. Bond Requirement - Sec. 18. (a) The superintendent shall furnish an individual public...
10-17-9-19. Notice Regarding Requests for Names of Nursing Personnel or Direct Care Staff - Sec. 19. (a) The Indiana Veterans' Home shall post a...
10-17-9-20. Repealed - As added by P.L.21-2008, SEC.16. Repealed by P.L.133-2012, SEC.64.
10-17-9-21. Qualification of Indiana Veterans' Home for Medicaid Reimbursements; State Department of Health Plan; Medicaid Reimbursements May Be Used to Augment Appropriations - Sec. 21. The state department of health established by IC...
Chapter 10. Veterans' Burial Allowance
10-17-10-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law - Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 10-5-3-1 (before its...
10-17-10-1. Qualification for Allowance - Sec. 1. If: (1) a person: (A) has served as...
10-17-10-2. Limit on Allowance - Sec. 2. (a) Not more than one (1) claim for...
10-17-10-3. Prohibition of Reimbursement Claim - Sec. 3. Money expended by a county under this chapter...
10-17-10-4. Setting of Grave Marker - Sec. 4. Before a person enters into a contract to...
Chapter 11. Indiana State Veterans' Cemetery
10-17-11-1. "Cemetery" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "cemetery" refers to...
10-17-11-2. "Commission" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to...
10-17-11-3. "Department" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to...
10-17-11-4. Cemetery Established - Sec. 4. The Indiana state veterans' cemetery is established. [Pre-2003...
10-17-11-5. Location - Sec. 5. The cemetery consists of real property located on...
10-17-11-6. Official Representative for Commission - Sec. 6. The director of veterans' affairs or the director's...
10-17-11-7. Rules; Power to Contract - Sec. 7. The department may do the following: (1) Adopt...
10-17-11-8. Department Duties - Sec. 8. The department shall do the following: (1) Oversee...
10-17-11-9. Veterans' Cemetery Fund Established - Sec. 9. (a) The Indiana state veterans' cemetery fund is...
10-17-11-10. Eligibility for Burial - Sec. 10. (a) A veteran who is eligible to be...
Chapter 12. Military Family Relief Fund
10-17-12-0.5. Application - Sec. 0.5. This chapter applies after December 31, 2006. As...
10-17-12-0.7. Purpose of Fund - Sec. 0.7. The purpose of the fund established in section...
10-17-12-1. Repealed - As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.50-2009, SEC.2. Repealed...
10-17-12-2. "Armed Forces" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "armed forces" includes...
10-17-12-3. Repealed - As added by P.L.58-2006, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.144-2007, SEC.11. Repealed...
10-17-12-3.5. "Commission" - Sec. 3.5. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to...
10-17-12-3.7. "Court Martial" - Sec. 3.7. As used in this chapter, "court martial" has...
10-17-12-4. "Department" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to...
10-17-12-5. "Director" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "director" refers to...
10-17-12-5.5. "Dependent" - Sec. 5.5. As used in this chapter, "dependent" has the...
10-17-12-6. "Fund" - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to...
10-17-12-7. "National Guard" - Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "national guard" means:...
10-17-12-7.5. "Qualified Service Member" - Sec. 7.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "qualified service...
10-17-12-8. Establishment of the Fund; Eligibility - Sec. 8. (a) The military family relief fund is established...
10-17-12-9. Funding Sources; Investment; Nonreversion - Sec. 9. (a) The fund consists of the following: (1)...
10-17-12-10. Authority to Adopt Rules; Grant Eligibility Requirements; Grant Requirements - Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall adopt rules under IC...
10-17-12-10.5. Disallowable Separation Codes - Sec. 10.5. Not later than December 31, 2021, the commission...
10-17-12-11. Authority to Request Appropriations - Sec. 11. The director or a member of the commission...
10-17-12-12. Donations; Internet Capability - Sec. 12. The director shall establish the capability to receive...
10-17-12-13. Repealed - As added by P.L.169-2013, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.99-2016, SEC.11.
10-17-12-14. Grant Application; Timeline for Approval or Denial of Application - Sec. 14. Except as provided in section 15 of this...
10-17-12-15. Incomplete Grant Applications - Sec. 15. The department may deny an incomplete application if...
Chapter 12.5. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.42-2020, SEC.15.
Chapter 13. Veterans' Affairs Trust Fund
10-17-13-1. Repealed - As added by P.L.144-2007, SEC.16. Repealed by P.L.113-2010, SEC.170.
10-17-13-1.5. "Commission" - Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to...
10-17-13-2. "Fund" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to...
10-17-13-3. Establishment of Trust Fund; Purpose - Sec. 3. (a) The veterans' affairs trust fund is established...
10-17-13-4. Establishment of Commission - Sec. 4. The Indiana veterans' affairs commission is established. As...
10-17-13-5. Membership - Sec. 5. The commission consists of the following members: (1)...
10-17-13-6. Meetings - Sec. 6. The commission shall meet at least quarterly at...
10-17-13-7. Quorum - Sec. 7. Five (5) voting members of the commission constitute...
10-17-13-8. Term; Reappointment; Vacancy - Sec. 8. (a) The term of a commission member begins...
10-17-13-9. Salaries per Diem; Duties of Director of Veterans' Affairs - Sec. 9. (a) Each member of the commission who is...
10-17-13-10. Duties; Management of Fund - Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall manage and develop the...
10-17-13-11. Administration of Fund - Sec. 11. (a) Subject to the investment policy of the...
10-17-13-12. Nonreversion - Sec. 12. Money in the fund at the end of...
10-17-13-13. Annual Report - Sec. 13. Before October 1 of each year, the commission...
10-17-13-14. Authority to Adopt Rules - Sec. 14. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
10-17-13-15. Fund Expenditures; Fund Transfers - Sec. 15. (a) Each year after July 1 and before...
Chapter 13.5. Grants for Veterans' Services
10-17-13.5-1. "Department" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to...
10-17-13.5-2. "Qualified Entity" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "qualified entity" means...
10-17-13.5-3. "Veteran" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "veteran" means an...
10-17-13.5-4. Grants to Qualified Entities; Purposes - Sec. 4. (a) The department may make grants to qualified...
10-17-13.5-5. Rules Required - Sec. 5. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
10-17-13.5-6. Diagnostic Testing and Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Pilot Program; Expiration June 30, 2025 - Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "hyperbaric oxygen...
10-17-13.5-7. Immunity - Sec. 7. A provider under section 6 of this chapter,...
Chapter 14. Hoosier Women Veterans Program
10-17-14-1. "Coordinator" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "coordinator" refers to...
10-17-14-2. "Department" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to...
10-17-14-3. "Director" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "director" refers to...
10-17-14-4. "Program" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to...
10-17-14-5. "Women Veterans" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "women veterans" means...
10-17-14-6. Establishment of Program - Sec. 6. The Hoosier women veterans program is established within...
10-17-14-7. Designation of Program Coordinator - Sec. 7. The director may designate a coordinator who is...
10-17-14-8. Purposes and Duties - Sec. 8. The program has the following purposes and duties:...
10-17-14-9. Salary of Coordinator - Sec. 9. The department may set the salary of the...
10-17-14-10. Rules - Sec. 10. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
Chapter 15. Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy
10-17-15-1. "Dd 214" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "DD 214" means...
10-17-15-2. "Private Employer" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "private employer" means...
10-17-15-3. "Veteran" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "veteran" means an...
10-17-15-4. "Veterans' Preference Employment Policy" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "veterans' preference employment...
10-17-15-5. Private Employer Authority - Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 10 of this...
10-17-15-6. Policy Requirements - Sec. 6. A veterans' preference employment policy under this chapter...
10-17-15-7. Eligibility - Sec. 7. A private employer with a veterans' preference employment...
10-17-15-8. Granting of Preference - Sec. 8. Granting preference under this chapter does not violate...
10-17-15-9. Duties of Department - Sec. 9. The Indiana department of veterans' affairs shall assist...
10-17-15-10. Policy Prohibitions - Sec. 10. Any policy adopted under section 5 of this...