Bill Text: MS SB2863 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: State employment; revise definition of the term "disabled veteran" as used for veterans preference.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Approved by Governor [SB2863 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-SB2863-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Parks, Moran, Massey, Younger, Parker, Blackwell, Jackson (11th)
Senate Bill 2863
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "DISABLED VETERAN" AS USED FOR VETERANS PREFERENCE IN STATE EMPLOYMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-9-301, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-9-301. The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall require otherwise:
(a) "Veteran" means a person who served in the active Armed Forces of the United States for a period of ninety (90) days during a period of war or armed conflict and was granted an honorable discharge therefrom; or was discharged therefrom for a service-connected injury in less than ninety (90) days.
(b) "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who the Veterans Administration has certified to have a service-connected disability rating of at least thirty percent (30%) within the last ninety (90) days, or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
