IOWA World War II (Code 1954, ch. 35A, Laws 1953, ch. 40; originally approved May 19, 1947; ratified November 2, 1948). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation (or still in service). 2. Period of military service covered: September 16, 1940, through September 2, 1945. 3. Minimum service: 120 days prior to December 31, 1946. 4. Residency: Legal resident of State for at least 6 months immediately prior to entering service. Eligible survivors.-Unremarried spouse, children, stepchildren, mother, father, or person in loco parentis, in order named. Application deadline: Extended to June 30, 1953. 1. Computation formula: Domestic service, $10 per month; overseas service, $12.50 per month (for each month prior to December 31, 1946). 2. Maximum payments: Domestic service, $500; overseas service, $500; maximum per veteran, $500. 3. Other provisions: Survivors of veterans who died of service-connected causes receive maximum payment regardless of length of service. Korean Conflict (Laws 1955, ch. 61). Authorizes the issuance of bonds, total not to exceed $26 million, for compensation for service from June 27, 1950, through July 27, 1953. Law to go into effect immediately upon its adoption and approval at election to be held in 1956. LOUISIANA World War II (Const. Art XVIII, sec. 10, Acts 1948, No. 530, Acts 1950, No. 558 ratified November 2, 1948; amendment ratified November 7, 1950). Eligibility requirements. 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation or still in service). 2. Period of military service covered: January 1, 1941, to March 1, 1946. 3. Minimum service: No provision. 4. Residency: Citizen of Louisiana when inducted into service. Eligible survivors.-Unremarried widow, children, parents, in order named. Application deadline.-Extended to January 1, 1951. Amount of benefits authorized.— 1. $50 for 90 days' or less service. 2. $75 for more than 90 days, but no more than 6 months' service. 3. $100 for more than 6 months but less than 1 year service. 4. $150 for 1 year or more service. 5. $250 for persons who served outside United States. 6. $1,000 for survivors of veterans who died prior to December 1, 1949, of service-incurred causes. Korean Conflict (Const. Art XVIII, sec. 11, Acts 1954, No. 748; ratified November 2, 1954). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation. 2. Period of military service covered: June 27, 1950, to July 26, 1953. 3. Minimum service: 90 days. 4. Residency: Citizen of Louisiana when inducted into service. Eligible survivors.-Unremarried widow, children, parents, in order named. Application deadline.-December 31, 1956. Amount of benefits authorized. 1. $250 to veterans who served in Korean combat area. 2. $100 to veterans who served outside United States but not in Korean combat area. 3. $50 to all other veterans. 4. $1,000 to survivors of veterans who died prior to December 1, 1955, of service-incurred causes. MASSACHUSETTS World War II (Acts 1945, ch. 731, Acts 1946, chs. 210, 581, Acts 1947, chs. 484, 574, Acts 1948, ch. 306; originally approved July 25, 1945). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or release (or still in service). 2. Period of military service covered: September 16, 1940, to December 31, 1946. 3. Minimum service: No provision. 4. Residency: Resident of commonwealth not less than 6 months immediately prior to entry in service. Eligible survivors.-Dependents, if any, otherwise heirs-at-law; as far as practicable in the following order, wife and children, mother or father, brother or sister, other dependents. Application deadline.-No provision. Amount of benefits authorized.— 1. $100 to each person in active military service and, in addition, $100 to each person who served more than 6 months inside continental limits of United States, $200 to each person who served outside continental limits of United States. 2. Survivors of veterans who died while in active service receive $300. Korean Conflict (Acts 1953, ch. 440, acts 1954, ch. 563; originally approved June 5, 1953). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge (or still in service if served for not less than 3 years subsequent to June 25, 1950). 2. Period of military service covered: June 25, 1950, to date of termination of Korean emergency (as proclaimed by proper Federal authority). 3. Minimum service: 90 days. 4. Residency: Resident of commonwealth not less than 6 months immediately prior to entrance in service. Eligible survivors.-Heirs at law; order of precedence as far as praeticable, wife and children, mother or father, brother or sister, other dependents. Application deadline.-No provision. Amount of benefits authorized.— 1. $100 for not less than 90 days' or more than 6 months' domestic service (but eligible with less than 90 days' service if discharged or released because of injury or disease incurred or aggravated by service). 2. $200 for more than 6 months' domestic service. 3. $300 for each person who served overseas. 4. $300 to survivors of veterans who died while on active duty. MICHIGAN World War II (Const. Art. 10, § 23, Com. Laws of Mich. 1948, chs. 35.60135.653 and 35.901-35.932; Pub. Acts 1949, No. 270; Pub. Acts 1951, Nos. 121, 122, 124; Pub. Acts 1953, No. 134; Pub. Acts 1954, No. 172; ratified November 5, 1946; legislative enactment originally approved, February 6, 1947). Eligibility requirements. 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation (or still in service). 2. Period of military service covered: September 16, 1940, to June 30, 1946. 3. Minimum service: 60 days. {* 4. Residency: Resident of State at least 6 months prior to entering service. Eligible survivors.-Spouse, children, mother or father, dependent person in loco parentis, dependent brothers and sisters, in order named. Application deadline.-December 31, 1954 (except persons still in service or in military, veterans, or State hospitals have until June 1, 1956, to apply). Amount of benefits authorized. 1. Computation formula: Domestic service, $10 per month; overseas service, $15 per month. 2. Maximum payments: $500. 3. Other provisions: (a) Survivors of veterans dying of service-connected causes receive maximum payment regardless of length of service. (b) Effective June 1, 1951, the maximum payment is made to survivors of veterans dying of service-connected causes who served between June 27, 1950, and the termination of the state of national emergency as determined by the legislature of the State. Korean War (Const., Art 10, § 26; P. A. 1954, J. R. No. 2, P. A. 1955, No. 8; ratified November 1954). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation (or still in service). 2. Period of military service covered: June 27, 1950, through December 31, 1953. 3. Length of service: 60 days. 4. Residency: Resident of State at least 6 months prior to entering service. Eligible survivors.-Spouse, children, mother, father, person in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, in order named. Application deadline.-No provision. Amount of benefits authorized. 1. Computation formula: Domestic service, $10 per month; overseas service, $15 per month. 2. Maximum payment: $500. 3. Other provisions: Survivors receive $500 if veteran died of serviceconnected causes regardless of length of service. MINNESOTA World War II (Const., Art 20, Minn. Stat. 1953, § 197.80-197.97; ratified November 2, 1948; legislation enacted fixing terms of bonus approved April 23, 1949). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Enlisted personnel honorable discharge; officers' certificate of service (if still in service, certificate from appropriate service authority that service was honorable). 2. Period of military service covered: December 7, 1941, through September 2, 1945. 3. Minimum service: 30 consecutive days. 4. Residency: Resident of State at time of entering service and at least 6 months prior thereto. Eligible survivors.-Unremarried spouse, children, remarried spouse (excluded under 1953 amendment), mother, father, persons in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, in order named. Application deadline.-Extended to December 31, 1953. Amount of benefits authorized. 1. Computation formula: Domestic service, $10 per month; overseas service, $15 per month. 2. Maximum payments: Domestic service, $270; overseas service, $400; maximum per veteran, $400. 3. Other provisions: Survivors receive maximum payment, regardless of length of service, if death was from service-connected causes. Korean Conflict. No legislation. ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ World War II (Ratified November 7, 1950; terms of bonus legislation set forth in Laws 1951, Initiative Measure No. 54, Laws 1953, ch. 123; Laws 1955, ch. 125). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge (or still in service). 2. Period of military service covered: December 7, 1941, through September 2, 1945. 3. Minimum service: No provision. 4. Residency: Resident of Montana, defined as "at time of entering service had his (or her) home in Montana." Eligible survivors.-Spouse (providing that such spouse, if a widow, has not remarried at time of application), children, parents, survivors of parents. Application deadline.-January 1, 1954. Amount of benefits authorized.- 1. Computation formula: Domestic service, $10 per month; overseas service, $15 per month. 2. Maximum payments: No provision. 3. Other provisions: Survivors receive $500 if amount due veteran was less than this amount and if death was in line of duty or from serviceconnected causes. Korean Conflict. No legislation. NEW HAMPSHIRE World War II (Laws 1943, ch. 201; Laws 1945, chs. 75, 157; Laws 1947, chs. 45, 76; originally approved May 20, 1943). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation (excludes retired commissioned officers or enlisted men of Regular Army or Navy subject to recall but includes other officers and men on inactive status). 2. Period of military service covered: December 7, 1941, through December 31, 1946. 3. Minimum service: 90 days. 4. Residency: Bona fide resident of State at time of entering service. Eligible survivors.—Spouse, children, parents, in order named (parents defined to include natural parents, stepfather and stepmother, parents by adoption, and persons in loco parentis). Application deadline.-No provision. 1. Computation formula: $10 per month. 2. Maximum payments: $100. 3. Other provisions: Survivors receive maximum payment if veteran died in service or of service-incurred disability regardless of length of service. Korean Conflict (Laws 1955, ch. 286; approved August 2, 1955). Eligibility requirements.—— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation. 2. Period of military service covered: June 25, 1950, through January 31, 1955. 3. Minimum service: 90 days. 4. Residency: Bona fide resident of State at time of entering service. Eligible survivors.-Spouse, children, parents, in order named. (See definition of parents above.) Application deadline.-No provision. Amount of benefits authorized.— 1. Computation formula: $10 per month. 2. Maximum payments: $100. 3. Other provisions: Survivors receive maximum payment if veteran dies in service or of service-incurred disability regardless of length of service. NEW YORK World War II (Const. Art. 7, § 18; Laws 1947, chs. 547, 548; Laws 1948, chs. 357, 583; Laws 1949, ch. 3; originally approved April 1, 1947; ratifications, November 4, 1947, and November 8, 1948). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or separation. 2. Period of military service covered: December 7, 1941, through September 2, 1945. 3. Minimum service: No provision. 4. Residency: Resident of State at least 6 months immediately prior to entrance in service. Eligible survivors.-Spouse, children, mother, father, brothers and sisters, in order named. Application deadline.-No provision. Amount of benefits authorized. 1. $50 for domestic service of 60 days or less. 2. $150 for domestic service of more than 60 days. 3. $250 for overseas service of any duration. 4. Survivors of veterans who died while on active duty, including duty subsequent to September 2, 1945, receive $250 regardless of length or place of service. Korean Conflict. No legislation. NORTH DAKOTA World War II (Const., Art, 59, 1953 Supple. of the N. Dak. Rev. Code; ch. 27-21, ch. 54-37; Laws 1955, ch. 233; originally approved, February 18, 1949; ratified June 29, 1948). Eligibility requirements.— 1. Type of discharge: Honorable discharge or its equivalent (or still in service). 2. Period of military service covered: January 1, 1941, through January 1, 1946. 3. Minimum service: 60 days. 4. Residency: Resident of State at time of and at least 6 months prior to entering service. Persons on continuous active duty for 5 years or more immediately prior to December 7, 1941, must have established actual abode in State prior to effective date of act. Eligible survivors.-Unremarried spouse, children, and lawful issue of deceased children, parents, person in loco parentis, brothers and sisters, in order named. Application deadline.—Within 5 years of effective date of act, which was February 18, 1949. Amount of benefits authorized.— Computation formula: Domestic service, $12.50 per month; overseas service, $17.50 per month. 2. Maximum payments: No provision. 3. Other provisions: Survivors of veterans who died in active service receive amount due veteran, but in no case shall beneficiary be paid less than $600. Korean Conflict. Laws of 1955, chapter 358, is a resolution providing for submitting to the voters at the primary election in June 1956 an amendment to the Constitution (art. 65) which, if approved, would authorize the state to issue bonds not to exceed $9 million, the proceeds to be used to pay a bonus to Korean veterans. |