9-22-14: State benefits division.

The state benefits division shall:

A. provide oversight of veterans' service organizations;

B. develop or coordinate veterans' programs and outreach, including economic development; and

C. determine eligibility for, conduct or oversee state-funded veterans' services and benefits, including determining eligibility for veteran property tax exemptions, hunting and fishing licensing and motor vehicle license plate programs; managing the Vietnam and children of deceased veterans scholarship programs; and overseeing the military honors burial program and state veterans' cemeteries, monuments and museums.