80-401.02. Department of Veterans' Affairs; creation; director; qualifications; salary; bond or insurance; service officers and assistants; appointment.
There is hereby created a department of government to be known as the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The chief administrative officer of the department shall be the director to be known as the Director of Veterans' Affairs. He or she shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Legislature. No person shall be eligible to receive appointment as director unless such person has the following qualifications: (1) Resident of the State of Nebraska for at least five years immediately prior to his or her appointment; (2) citizen of the United States; and (3) served in the armed forces of the United States during any of the periods identified in section 80-401.01 and discharged or otherwise separated with a characterization of honorable from such service. The director shall serve until a new director to succeed him or her is appointed and has qualified. If a vacancy occurs in the office of director when the Legislature is not in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Legislature, when the Governor shall present to the Legislature a recommendation for the office. The director shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the Governor, payable in equal monthly installments. He or she shall be reimbursed for expenses involved in the performance of his or her official duties as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. He or she shall be bonded or insured as required by section 11-201. The director shall appoint state service officers and assistants, whose appointments shall be approved by the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
The department shall be the designated state agency to advocate on behalf of veterans.
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Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans
80-102.01 - County veterans service committee; acceptance of gifts, devises, and bequests.
80-103 - County veterans service committee; members; removal from office; filling of vacancy.
80-105 - Veterans; graves; headstones.
80-106 - Veterans; burial expenses; payment.
80-107 - Veterans graves, markers; furnish, when.
80-108 - Veterans graves; petition for markers.
80-201 - Memorials; authority to erect.
80-202 - Memorials; erection; plans; publication; tax authorized; limitation.
80-203 - Memorials; ordinance to erect; referendum; effect.
80-204 - Memorial; erection; initiative petition; effect.
80-205 - Elections; laws governing.
80-206 - POW/MIA flag; display; when; conditions.
80-301 - Transferred to section 80-315.
80-301.02 - Transferred to section 80-326.
80-302 - Transferred to section 80-317.
80-304 - Transferred to section 80-314.
80-304.01 - Transferred to section 80-327.
80-305 - Transferred to section 80-318.
80-306 - Transferred to section 80-319.
80-307 - Transferred to section 80-320.
80-308 - Transferred to section 80-321.
80-309 - Transferred to section 80-331.
80-311 - Transferred to section 80-328.
80-312 - Transferred to section 80-329.
80-313 - Transferred to section 80-330.
80-314 - Veterans homes; director; duties; rules and regulations.
80-315 - Nebraska veterans homes; establishment.
80-316 - Veterans homes; purpose; admission; requirements.
80-317 - Nebraska veterans homes; Veterans' Homes Board; rules of membership; application.
80-318 - Veterans' Homes Board; members; appointment; compensation; expenses.
80-319 - Veterans' Homes Board; duties; powers; meetings.
80-320 - Director; rules and regulations.
80-321 - Member; payment for care; public expense.
80-322 - Reimbursement of costs.
80-322.01 - Department of Veterans' Affairs Cash Fund; created; investment.
80-325 - Administrator of Nebraska veterans homes; qualifications.
80-326 - Veterans' Home Building Fund; created; purposes; investment.
80-329 - County board; lease or sell property for use as a veterans home; terms.
80-330 - Property used as a veterans home; utility service; state provide; how compensated.
80-331 - Norfolk Veterans' Home.
80-333 - Contracts and other documents; how treated.
80-334 - Existing suits and proceedings; how treated.
80-336 - Property; funds; appropriations; effect of transfer.
80-401.03 - Director; duties; assistants; state service office.
80-401.04 - Department of Veterans' Affairs; jurisdiction; State Department of Education; functions.
80-401.06 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; appointment; qualifications.
80-401.07 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; tenure of office.
80-401.08 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; chairperson; expenses.
80-401.09 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; duties; meetings.
80-401.10 - Director; seal; adopt; rules and regulations; fiscal year.
80-401.11 - Department of Veterans' Affairs; offices; employees.
80-402 - Veterans aid; conscientious objectors denied relief.
80-403 - Veterans relief; persons eligible; disbursements.
80-404 - Gifts, power to accept; property, exemption from tax.
80-404.04 - Commissioner of Education; federal funds; disbursement.
80-405 - Veterans relief; obtaining by fraud; penalty.
80-406 - County service committee; members; appointment.
80-408 - County veterans service officer; officers and employees; oath; bond.
80-409 - County service committee; offices; tax; levy.
80-412 - Graves; Director of Veterans' Affairs; permanent registry.
80-413 - Land used for veterans services; retrocession of jurisdiction.
80-415 - Veterans Employment Program Fund; created; use; investment.
80-416 - Adoption of pet animal; financial support for veterans; program; administration.
80-417 - Pets for Vets Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
80-603 - Veterans; mentally ill; jurisdiction of courts.
80-604 - Veterans; mentally ill; order of commitment by court of another state; effect.
80-605 - Veterans; mentally ill; commitment; transfer; procedure.
80-606 - Department of Health and Human Services; hospitals of federal government; lack of control.
80-901 - Member of Active Selected Reserve; tuition credit; amount; duration.