HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                         2291

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 343

(Senate Bill 408)

AN ACT concerning

Veterans - Definition

FOR the purpose of including members of certain uniformed
services in the definition of "veteran" for the purpose of
certain State programs.

BY adding to

Article 1 - Rules of Interpretation

Section 28

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 1 - Rules of Interpretation

28.

WITH RESPECT TO ANY STATE PROGRAM OF BENEFITS, RIGHTS, OR
PRIVILEGES APPLICABLE TO A VETERAN UNDER THIS CODE, THE TERM
"VETERAN" INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (OR ITS PREDECESSOR, THE
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY) IF ELIGIBLE UNDER § 101, TITLE 38 OF
THE U.S. CODE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 344
(Senate Bill 440)
AN ACT concerning