FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 199
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GROSS.
Read 1st time January 19, 2005, and ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1075S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 42.202, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the application deadline for Korean conflict medallions, medals, and certificates.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 42.202, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 42.202, to read as follows:
42.202. 1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 42.200 to 42.206, the adjutant general of the state of Missouri shall administer the provisions of sections 42.200 to 42.206, and may adopt all rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of sections 42.200 to 42.206. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 42.200 to 42.206 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. Sections 42.200 to 42.206 and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2003, shall be invalid and void.
2. The adjutant general shall determine as expeditiously as possible the persons who are entitled to a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206 and distribute the medallions, medals, and the certificates as provided in sections 42.200 to 42.206. Applications for the Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and the certificate shall be filed with the office of the adjutant general at any time after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, [2005] 2006, on forms prescribed and furnished by the adjutant general's office. The adjutant general shall approve all applications that are in order, and shall cause a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate to be prepared for each approved veteran in the form created by the veterans' commission pursuant to section 42.204.
3. The following persons may apply for a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206:
(1) Any veteran who is entitled to a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206;
(2) Any spouse or eldest living survivor of a deceased veteran who would be entitled to a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206 but who died prior to having made application for such medallion, medal, and certificate.
4. If any spouse or eldest living survivor applies for the Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and certificate pursuant to subsection 3 of this section or if any veteran dies after applying for a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206 and such veteran would have been entitled to the Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and the certificate, the adjutant general shall give the Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and the certificate to the spouse or eldest living survivor of the deceased veteran.
5. If the adjutant general disallows any veteran's claim to a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206, a statement of the reason for the disallowance shall be filed with the application and notice of this disallowance shall be mailed to the applicant at the applicant's last known address.