§ 30-23-5. Duty of local committees.
It shall be the duty of each local veterans’ retraining and reemployment committee to mobilize and promote all existing community resources for the aid of the veteran in one place, through the establishment and maintenance of a veterans’ information service center, wherein all veterans in the community shall be provided with full information concerning their rights and privileges under federal and state law; assistance in securing the benefits thereof; and advice and aid in solving the problems arising in the readjustment of their lives from war to peace time activities. It shall be the duty of each local committee to prescribe the duties of its veterans’ information service center and to take counsel with the state committee and its subcommittees from time to time, to the end that there shall be in every community adequate information, efficient aid, and sound advice for the veteran, and uniformity of procedure in dealing with his or her problems.
History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1585, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 30-23-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
Chapter 30-23 - Veterans’ Retraining and Reemployment Committees
Section 30-23-1. - Purpose of chapter.
Section 30-23-2. - Establishment of local committees.
Section 30-23-3. - Composition and purpose of local committees.
Section 30-23-4. - Organization of local committees.
Section 30-23-5. - Duty of local committees.
Section 30-23-6. - Functions of information service centers.