Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 274 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Division 30 - WAR VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS
Section 274-030-0500 - Definitions for 274-030-0500 to 274-030-0575
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
Whenever used in these rules or any amendments thereof, or in any blank form, document, publication, or written instrument of any kind prescribed, provided, published, issued, or used by the Director of Veterans' Affairs of the State of Oregon or any of his duly authorized agents or employees in connection with the administration of the provisions of ORS 406.310 to 406.340 and 406.450 to 406.462, providing for distribution of funds to organizations and counties for rehabilitation services, the terms herein defined shall have the meanings herein set forth unless the context of the words with which a term is used shall clearly indicate a different meaning:
(1) "Advisory Committee" shall mean the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs as provided for in ORS 406.210.
(2) "Benefits" shall mean funds available for distribution to veterans' organizations and counties of the State of Oregon under ORS 406.310 to 406.330 and 406.450 to 406.462.
(3) "Capital outlay" shall be synonymous with and mean the same as "capital assets" as defined in the Oregon Accounting Manual, Number 10.50.00 PR. Copies of the Oregon Accounting Manual are available from the Department of Veterans' Affairs or the Department of Administrative Services Division website.
(4) "County" shall mean a county which carries on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work and which contracts for or employs a part-time or full-time Service Officer.
(5) "County Service Officer" shall mean a person contracted with or employed as a part-time or full-time agent or employee of the governing body of the county whose duty is to carry on a program of rehabilitation and service to veterans.
(6) "Department" means the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the State of Oregon.
(7) "Director" shall mean Director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the State of Oregon.
(8) "Funds Available" shall mean the funds remaining from those that have been designated by the Director, with advice from the Advisory Committee, to aid organizations and counties in connection with their respective programs of service to veterans.
(9) "Rehabilitation and Service". For the purpose of these rules, the words "rehabilitation" and "service to veterans" shall be synonymous and shall be interpreted to mean assistance rendered by paid Service Officers accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
(10) "Rehabilitation Program for Two Years Preceding". For the purpose of these rules the phrase, "However, a veterans' organization does not qualify for benefits under ORS 406.310 unless it has carried on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work in Oregon for not less than two years immediately preceding", is interpreted to mean that, for the two years immediately preceding application for benefits under ORS 406.310, a veterans' organization must have in its employ a part-time or full-time paid Service Officer who is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and who, during the past two years, has been active in representing veterans before the rating boards of the Portland Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
(11) "Service Officer" shall mean a part-time or full-time paid state or national employee of a veterans' organization who is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and employed to represent veterans before rating boards of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
(12) "Supplant" means to remove from a situation and replace or supply with a substitute.
(13) A "veterans' organization" shall mean a veterans' organization accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which has carried on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work in Oregon for not less than two years immediately preceding application, by a part-time or full-time paid Service Officer.
(14) "Voluntary Service Officer" shall mean an appointee of a County Court or Board of Commissioners who acts as County Service Officer without remuneration.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 406 & 408.410
Stats. Implemented: ORS 406.030, 406.215, 406.217, 406.450 - 462
