A. Subject to the availability of funds, the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall develop a special housing grant program, not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per veteran, for the purpose of bearing the costs not borne by the federal government for a specifically designed home for disabled veterans. To qualify for a special housing grant, all of the following shall be met:
1. The veteran shall be approved for the federal grant under the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Specially Adapted Housing program;
2. The veteran shall have been a resident of the state before entering active service with the armed forces;
3. The veteran shall be physically residing in the state at the time the federal grant is approved, as well as at the time the application for the grant and receipt of the state grant are made;
4. The veteran's home shall be used for the purpose of establishing permanent, and not temporary, residency in the state;
5. The home the veteran is remodeling or purchasing shall be in the state;
6. The veteran shall formally apply for the grant by completing the form designated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs;
7. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall verify statements to establish that the veteran meets the eligibility requirements for the grant; and
8. The application shall be approved by the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.
B. In no event shall the state pay a qualified veteran a share greater than the federal government toward the purchase or remodeling of such home.
C. The state grant shall be disbursed to the veteran in the care of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs regional office to be placed in escrow. This disbursement shall be made only when the federal grant has been approved and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is ready to complete the escrow agreement and authorize the construction, purchase or remodeling of the specially designed home for the disabled veteran.
D. The special housing grant shall be made to a veteran only once.
E. Each awarded special housing grant shall be paid from the Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Revolving Fund to the extent funds are available.
F. The veteran may also apply for the special housing grant if he or she has previously exhausted his or her United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Specially Adopted Housing program benefits.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 185, § 3, eff. July 1, 2015.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 412 of Title 63 for consistency in numbering.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
Title 72. Soldiers and Sailors
§72-2. "Ex-service person", "veteran", and "war veteran" defined.
§72-5. Veterans to whom provisions available.
§72-6. Nontransferability of privileges - Penalty.
§72-6-1. Impersonating member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces - Punishment.
§72-6-2. Wearing uniform of the United States Armed Forces or Public Health Service - Punishment.
§72-7. State-operated parks and museum admission.
§72-22. Duties of county clerk - Violation a misdemeanor.
§72-31a. State Veterans' Cemetery System.
§72-34. Interment or cremation assistance for indigent veterans.
§72-35. K-I-A Reinterment Fund.
§72-36. Short title - Dignity in Burial Act.
§72-48. Leave of absence during active or inactive duty or service - Public employees.
§72-48.1. Leave of absence during active service - Private sector employees.
§72-48.2. Extension of professional license during active duty.
§72-49.1. Removal of disability of minority.
§72-50.1. Powers of military officers.
§72-50.2. Rank of officer - Spouse's acknowledgment - Authentication - Acknowledgment before notary.
§72-50.21. Qualifications of recipients.
§72-50.22. Procedure for applications and approval.
§72-50.23. Design - Payment of cost.
§72-50.24. Korean Conflict Medallion Program.
§72-50.25. Oklahoma Legislative Medal of Honor.
§72-50.26. Oklahoma Gold Star Medal.
§72-63.1. Commission and Department created - Cabinet-level status - Composition - Administration.
§72-63.2. Members of Commission - Filing copy of audits by veterans' organizations.
§72-63.3. Powers and duties of Commission - Travel expenses.
§72-63.5. Collections from patients and members for care and maintenance.
§72-63.5a. Authorization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Medicare Services.
§72-63.6. Workers' compensation for certain employees of State War Veterans Home Facilities.
§72-63.7. Requirements for administrative personnel.
§72-63.7A. Classification of certain positions to Merit System of Personnel Administration.
§72-63.8. Administration of various departments, agencies and funds.
§72-63.9. Muskogee and Tulsa Claims Offices - Managers and assistant managers.
§72-63.10. Employee training programs - Funding - Salary, tuition, and subsistence contracts.
§72-63.10a. Department of Veterans Affairs on-the-job employee safety program.
§72-63.11. State flag for certain deceased national guard members and peace officers.
§72-63.11a. State flag for death of soldiers - Letter of condolence.
§72-63.12. Lease and/or loan agreement for hospital or health care facilities improvements.
§72-63.13. Power to be exercised in conjunction with local public trust.
§72-63.14. Payment of certain bonds.
§72-63.15. Cooperative agreements with local public trusts.
§72-63.17. Limits on expenditure for capital projects.
§72-63.18A. Department of Veterans Affairs - Unclassified positions and personnel.
§72-63.20. Deposit of proceeds.
§72-63.21. Certified volunteers - Provision of meals for services rendered.
§72-63.22. Preference for veteran vendors.
§72-64. Certain positions to remain exempt or unclassified.
§72-65.1. Department directed to proceed on certain projects.
§72-67.11. W.V.C. Revolving Fund.
§72-67.13. Expenditures and loans from fund.
§72-67.13a. War veterans defined - Retirement benefits.
§72-67.13b. Benefits for persons serving after January 31, 1955.
§72-68.2. Contracts with educational institutions for establishment of training courses.
§72-191. Short title - Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act.
§72-192. Guardianship created under prior law.
§72-193. Appointment as guardian – Procedure - Duties.
§72-194. Requirements for subject and guardian.
§72-196. Guardian as fiduciary.
§72-197. Treatment in institution - Commitment - Transfer.
§72-202. Management and control.
§72-221. Establishment - Site - Purpose - Administration and control.
§72-221.1. State Veterans Home at Norman - Operation and administration - Legal description.
§72-221.3. Competitive bidding for provision of supplies and services under Medicare Part B.
§72-221.4. Purchase of products available through General Services Administration contracts.
§72-221.5. Individual purchasing entity.
§72-223. Acceptance of Act of Congress – Participation in per diem grant program.
§72-223.1. Employer-based nurse aide training programs.
§72-226. State Veterans Home at Clinton - Establishment – Employees – Legal description.
§72-229. State Veterans Home at Talihina - Establishment - Employees.
§72-229.1. Authority to plan, develop and construct Oklahoma veterans facilities.
§72-241. State Accrediting Agency - Members - Contracts with federal agencies.
§72-242. Officers - Rules and regulations - Qualifications and duties of staff.
§72-302. Tuition-free career and technology education - Exception.
§72-303. Eligibility of veterans.
§72-305. Eligibility of descendants of servicemen.
§72-307. Benefits prohibited in certain instances.
§72-352. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information.
§72-353. Identity of veteran not to be disclosed - Exception - Statistical information.
§72-354. Privileges and immunities.
§72-355. Attorney General to represent veterans in certain class actions.
§72-357. Referral and screening functions to be discontinued under certain conditions.
§72-362. Compilation, evaluation and distribution of information.
§72-363. Privileges and immunities.
§72-404. Reporting names of employed special disabled veterans.
§72-410. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Act.
§72-411. Oklahoma Veteran Housing Program Revolving Fund.
§72-412. Special housing grant program for disabled veterans.
§72-421. Oklahoma Veterans Registry.
§72-422. Oklahoma Women Veterans Program.
§72-440. Acceptance of gifts, donations, bequests, grants or contracts.