HB517 (2009) Detail

Relative to the definition of "armed forces."


HB 517 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0815

09/03

HOUSE BILL 517

AN ACT relative to the definition of “armed forces.”

SPONSORS: Rep. G. Katsakiores, Rock 5

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill adds the Merchant Marine to the definition of “armed forces.”

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0815

09/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to the definition of “armed forces.”

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Statutory Construction; Definition of “Armed Forces.” Amend RSA 21:50, II to read as follows:

II. “Armed forces’’ means the United States Army, Army Reserve, Navy, Naval Reserve, Merchant Marine, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, Army National Guard, and the Air National Guard. "Armed forces’’ also includes other components, but is limited to those components and active duty periods described in 38 C.F.R. section 3.7.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.