Whenever used in these rules or any amendments thereof, or in
any blank form, document, publication, or written instrument of any kind
prescribed, provided, published, issued, or used by the Director of Veterans'
Affairs of the State of Oregon or any of his duly authorized agents or
employees in connection with the administration of the provisions of ORS
406.310 to
406.340 and
406.450 to
406.462, providing for
distribution of funds to organizations and counties for rehabilitation
services, the terms herein defined shall have the meanings herein set forth
unless the context of the words with which a term is used shall clearly
indicate a different meaning:
(1)
"Advisory Committee" shall mean the Advisory Committee to the Director of the
Department of Veterans' Affairs as provided for in ORS
406.210.
(2) "Benefits" shall mean funds available for
distribution to veterans' organizations and counties of the State of Oregon
under ORS 406.310 to
406.330 and
406.450 to
406.462.
(3) "Capital outlay" shall be synonymous with
and mean the same as "capital assets" as defined in the Oregon Accounting
Manual, Number 10.50.00 PR. Copies of the Oregon Accounting Manual are
available from the Department of Veterans' Affairs or the Department of
Administrative Services Division website.
(4) "County" shall mean a county which
carries on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work and which contracts for
or employs a part-time or full-time Service Officer.
(5) "County Service Officer" shall mean a
person contracted with or employed as a part-time or full-time agent or
employee of the governing body of the county whose duty is to carry on a
program of rehabilitation and service to veterans.
(6) "Department" means the Department of
Veterans' Affairs for the State of Oregon.
(7) "Director" shall mean Director of the
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the State of Oregon.
(8) "Funds Available" shall mean the funds
remaining from those that have been designated by the Director, with advice
from the Advisory Committee, to aid organizations and counties in connection
with their respective programs of service to veterans.
(9) "Rehabilitation and Service". For the
purpose of these rules, the words "rehabilitation" and "service to veterans"
shall be synonymous and shall be interpreted to mean assistance rendered by
paid Service Officers accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
(10) "Rehabilitation Program for
Two Years Preceding". For the purpose of these rules the phrase,
"However, a veterans' organization does not qualify for benefits under
ORS 406.310 unless it has carried on
a program of veterans' rehabilitation work in Oregon for not less than two
years immediately preceding", is interpreted to mean that, for the two
years immediately preceding application for benefits under ORS
406.310, a veterans'
organization must have in its employ a part-time or full-time paid Service
Officer who is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and who,
during the past two years, has been active in representing veterans before the
rating boards of the Portland Regional Office of the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs.
(11) "Service
Officer" shall mean a part-time or full-time paid state or national employee of
a veterans' organization who is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs and employed to represent veterans before rating boards of the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(12) "Supplant" means to remove from a
situation and replace or supply with a substitute.
(13) A "veterans' organization" shall mean a
veterans' organization accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
which has carried on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work in Oregon for
not less than two years immediately preceding application, by a part-time or
full-time paid Service Officer.
(14) "Voluntary Service Officer" shall mean
an appointee of a County Court or Board of Commissioners who acts as County
Service Officer without remuneration.
