WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced House Bill 5579
By Delegate Young [Introduced February 12, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance]
 Intr HB 2024R3848
1 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section,
2 designated §9A-1-10a, relating to paying a monthly allotment to certain veterans.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ ASSISTANCE.
§9A-1-10a. Monthly allotment to certain veterans.
1 (a) The secretary shall establish a program that pays a monthly allotment check of $150 to
2 all veterans who have been honorably discharged, who are 65 years of age or older, who served
3 on active duty during a period of war, and who are not currently receiving a Federal Veterans
4 Administration check for disability or retirement.
5 (b) For those veterans who are 66 years of age or older when the program begins, they
6 shall receive a lump sum check in the amount of a year's worth of benefits for every year they are
7 over the age of 65.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the establishment of a program to pay a monthly allotment check to certain veterans.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 9A-1-10a