O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 38-4-50 (2019)

‘‘War veterans’’ defined

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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As used in Code Sections 38-4-51 and 38-4-52, the term ‘‘war veterans’’ means any veterans who were discharged under other than dishonorable conditions and who served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or on active duty in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including the National Guard, during wartime or during the period beginning January 31, 1955, and ending on August 1, 1990, or during the period beginning January 1, 1947, and ending on June 26, 1950.

History

Ga. L. 1955, Ex. Sess., p. 18, § 3; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1247, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 719, § 1/HB 322; Ga. L. 2020, p. 355, § 1/HB 907. The 2020 amendment, effective July

29, 2020, added ‘‘, or during the period beginning January 1, 1947, and ending on June 26, 1950’’ at the end.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - This section originally referred to the ending date as the

MILITARY, EMERG. & VET. AFFAIRS

date determined by presidential proclamation declaring a cessation of the Vietnam era, which date was declared to be

May 7, 1975. See Presidential Proclamation No. 4373, May 7, 1975, 40 F.R. 20257. See also 38 U.S.C. § 101(29).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 77 Am. Jur. 2d, Veterans and Veterans’ Laws, §§ 5, 8.