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OH HB490
Bill
Status
9/28/2012
Primary Sponsor
Cheryl Grossman
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AI Summary
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Grants in-state tuition to nonresident spouses and dependents of deceased veterans who served on active duty, and allows veteran's spouses to maintain professional licenses if military service caused them to miss renewal deadlines
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Provides extra credit of 15-20% on state civil service examinations to military veterans and reserve component members, and requires reemployment of school employees following military service in accordance with federal law
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Requires landlords to honor tenant rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, extends continuing education deadlines for Ohio National Guard members renewing occupational licenses, and mandates workers' compensation claims be determined per line of duty regulations
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Comprehensively reforms Ohio's Code of Military Justice to align with federal military justice standards, including new provisions on competency hearings, insanity pleas, court-martial procedures, appeals processes, and sexual assault offenses with detailed definitions
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Permits (but does not require) use of state armories by patriotic and national organizations chartered under federal law, and modifies county recorder procedures for releasing veteran discharge records with enhanced confidentiality protections
Legislative Description
To change the law regarding a County Recorder's release of a veteran's record of discharge, to modify the duties of the Director of Veterans Services with respect to publishing information about Veterans Services offices, to modify the composition of the Veterans Advisory Committee, to grant in-state tuition for nonresident spouses and dependents of veterans who served on active duty and are deceased, to allow extra credit to military veterans and reserve component members on state civil service examinations, to provide for the reemployment of nonteaching school employees following military service in accordance with federal law, to extend the period of time within which persons serving in the Ohio National Guard may meet continuing education requirements for occupational licenses and renew their licenses, to require that workers' compensation claims of members of the organized militia be determined in accordance with applicable line of duty regulations, to require landlords to observe the rights of tenants who are service members under federal law, to modify the order of priority in which veterans may participate in job training programs, to permit but not require the use of armories by patriotic and national organizations, to update references in the Revised Code to federal statutes relating to the National Guard, to conform the Ohio Code of Military Justice to the United States Code of Military Justice, and to make other changes to the Ohio Code of Military Justice.
Veterans law
Last Action
Effective Date
9/28/2012