Other LanguagesThe director of the veterans' rehabilitation council may be paid a salary not to exceed $8500.
(1) The Allied Veterans' Council of Washington State does not qualify as a veterans' organization for the purposes of RCW 73.08.010.
(2) Chapter 73.08 RCW does not authorize a board of county commissioners to contract with an outside organization for the purpose of administering its county veterans' relief fund.
A veteran qualified for re‑employment [[reemployment]] rights under RCW 73.16.033 and RCW 73.16.035 is entitled to salary step increases determined as though his service had not been interrupted if he worked for any department where increases were automatic. If the veteran had worked in a department where such salary increases were not based solely on length of service his in-step service requirement began running by December 8, 1960, and he would be entitled to a salary step increase on or before January 1, 1962.
Relief under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act is limited to the indigent veteran, spouse and minor children. County burials are limited to the veteran and surviving spouse.
If statutory conditions are met, a veteran must be re‑employed [[reemployed]]or the prior employer is liable for back wages.
A state employee who takes a leave of absence because of being called to active military service is entitled upon his return to state employment to seniority credits for the time he spent in the military service.
Veterans are eligible for the benefits of the Soldiers' and Sailors' indigent relief fund for honorable active service in the Korean conflict on or before July 27, 1954.
A headstone transportation charge for existing veterans' graves is not a valid county expenditure.
Meaning of "active federal service as a member of the armed military or naval forces of the United States," as used in RCW 73.34.020 with regard to eligibility for Vietnam veterans' bonuses; effect of governor's proclamation of August 7, 1973, declaring the period specified in RCW 73.34.020 to have ended on March 28, 1973.
A veteran who has not served during any war is not entitled to veterans preference.