GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 323

Short Title:  Amend Veteran Children's Scholarships. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Raynor, Perdue; Allran, Ballance, Basnight, Bryan, Carpenter, Carter, Cochrane, Cooper, Daughtry, Forrester, Hartsell, Hyde, Martin of Pitt, Murphy, Odom, Parnell, Plexico, Sands, Sherron, Smith, Staton, Tally, Ward, and Warren.
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Referred to:  Higher Education.
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March 28, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE STATUTES COVERING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN OF WAR VETERANS TO INCLUDE THE CHILDREN OF VETERANS OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 165-20(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	‘Period of war' and ‘wartime' shall mean any of the periods or circumstances as defined below:
a.	World War I, meaning (i) the period beginning on April 6, 1917 and ending on November 11, 1918, and (ii) in the case of a veteran who served with the United States armed forces in Russia, the period beginning on April 6, 1917 and ending on April 1, 1920.
b.	World War II, meaning the period beginning on December 7, 1941 and ending on December 31, 1946.
c.	Korean Conflict, meaning the period beginning on June 27, 1950 and ending on January 31, 1955.
d.	Vietnam era, meaning the period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975.
d1.	Persian Gulf War, meaning the period beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on such date as shall be prescribed by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress.
e.	Any period of service in the armed forces during which the veteran parent of an applicant for a scholarship under this Article suffered death or disability (i) as a direct result of armed conflict or (ii) while engaged in extra-hazardous service, including such service under conditions simulating war."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 165-22 reads as rewritten:
"§ 165-22. Classes or categories of eligibility under which scholarships may be awarded.
A child, as defined in this Article, who falls within the provisions of any eligibility class described below shall, upon proper application be considered for a scholarship, subject to the provisions and limitations set forth for the class under which he is considered:
¨ 		(1)	Class I-A: Under this class a scholarship shall be awarded to any child whose veteran parent
a.	Was killed in action or died from wounds or other causes not due to his own wilful misconduct while a member of the armed forces during a period of war, or
b.	Has died of service-connected injuries, wounds, illness or other causes incurred or aggravated during wartime service in the armed forces, as rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2)	Class I-B: Under this class a limited scholarship providing only those benefits set forth in G.S. 165-21(1) a and d and 165-21(2) of this Article, shall be awarded to any child whose veteran parent, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be availed of, is or was at the time of his death receiving compensation for a wartime service-connected disability of one hundred percent (100%) as rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Provided, that if the veteran parent of a recipient under this class should die of his wartime service-connected condition before the recipient shall have utilized all of his scholarship eligibility time, then the North Carolina Department of Administration shall amend the recipient's award from Class I-B to Class I-A for the remainder of the recipient's eligibility time. The effective date of such an amended award shall be determined by the Department of Administration, but, in no event shall it predate the date of the veteran parent's death.
(3)	Class II: Under this class a scholarship may be awarded to not more than 100 children yearly, each of whose veteran parent, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be availed of:
a.	Is or was at the time of his death receiving compensation for a wartime service-connected disability of twenty percent (20%) or more, but less than one hundred percent (100%), as rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or
b.	Is or was at the time of his death receiving wartime compensation for a statutory award for arrested pulmonary tuberculosis, as rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(4)	Class III: Under this class a scholarship may be awarded to not more than 100 children yearly, each of whose veteran parent, at the time the benefits pursuant to this Article are sought to be availed of:
a.	Is or was at the time of his death drawing pension for permanent and total disability, nonservice-connected, as rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or
b.	Is deceased and who does not fall within the provisions of any other eligibility class described in G.S. 165-22(1), (2), (3), (4)a., nor (5) provided such child is less than 23 years of age at the time of application for such scholarship.
(5)	Class IV:  Under this class a scholarship as defined in G.S. 165-21 shall be awarded to any child whose parent, while serving honorably as a member of the armed forces of the United States in active federal service during a period of war, as defined in G.S. 165-20(4), was listed by the United  States government as (i) missing in action, (ii) captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or (iii) forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.