AB 145 — Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-77)

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145 A SSEMBLY B ILLNILL O.NO.

145–A SSEMBLYMEMBERS D’S ILVAILVA, AND G RAYRAY; PREFILED JANUARY 29, 2025 ____________ JOINT SPONSORS :

ENATORS C RUZONSIDINE, -CRAWFORDD ANDICKMAN LANGE, ____________GURR Referred, toHUNT Committee, onACKSON Government, AffairsKARRIS, SUMMARY—RevisesK provisionsASAMA relatingAND toO’N veterans.EILL PREFILED JANUARY 29, 2025 ____________ JOINT SPONSORS :

ENATORS C RUZ-CRAWFORD , L ANGE ;

LORES AND ROGICH ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to veterans.

prohibitingprohibiting, with certain exceptions, a person from providing certain services related to veterans’ benefits under certain circumstances;

prohibiting the Director of the Department of Veterans Services from charging a fee for the interment of the spouse of a veteran;

from(38 preparing,U.S.C. presenting, prosecuting, advising, consulting or assisting any other person with a claim before the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States Department of Defense or the Nevada Department of Veterans Services in violation of federal law, unless the person has received such recognition - *AB145* – 2 – or accreditation.

Section§ 25901; of this bill makes the civil penalty for a violation of existing law governing services for veterans’ benefits apply to a person who violates section 1.

Sections38 2C.F.R. and 10 of this bill authorize a person who is aggrieved by a violation of section 1 to bring an action for consumer fraud.

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and (2) apply to the extent preempted by federal law.

Section 2 of this bill makes the civil penalty for a violation of existing law governing services for veterans’ benefits apply to a person who aggrieved by a violation of section 1 to bring an action for consumer fraud.

supervisionSection of8 requires the VeteransDivision Coordinator,of toHuman establishResource aManagement, veteranunder hiringthe program to support the recruitment and retention of employees who are veterans or the spouses of veterans or servicemembers.

In 2019, the Governor established by executive order a peer mentor program Management, under the supervision of the Veterans Coordinator, to develop a peer mentor program for certain veterans.

The executive order further required eachthe stateDivision agencyof thatHuman employsResource amentor veteranprogram tofor identifycertain oneveterans. employee to serve as a peer mentor.

The executive order further required eacher state agency that employs a veteran to identify one employee to serve as a peer mentor.

Existing law requires the Administrator of the Division of State Parks of the issue,State freeDepartment of charge,Conservation anand annualNatural permitResources to enterestablish alla stateprogram parksto and recreational areas in this State to any bona fide resident of this State who has been discharged, exceptexceptas a person who has been dishonorably discharged, from the Armed Forces of the United States.

A1. person shall not prepare, present, prosecute, advise, consult or assist any other person with a claim before the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States Department of Defense or the Department in violation of 38 U.S.C.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not prepare, present, prosecute, advise, consult or assist any other person with a claim before the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States Department of Defense or the Department in violation of 38 U.S.C.

§ 14.629 - *AB145_R1* – 3 – unless the person has been recognized or - *AB145* – 3 – accredited by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to perform such activities.

2.

The provisions of this section:

(a) Shall not be construed to prohibit a person from preparing, presenting, prosecuting, advising, consulting or assisting any other person with a claim, provided that the person does not request or accept any payment or donation for such services;

and (b) Do not apply to the extent preempted by federal law.

NRS(Deleted 417.210by isamendment.) herebySec. amended to read as follows:

417.210 1.

A veteran who is eligible for interment in a national cemetery pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C.

§ 2402 is eligible for interment in a veterans’ cemetery in this State.

2.

An eligible veteran, or a member of his or her immediate family, or a veterans’ organization recognized by the Director may apply for a plot in a cemetery for veterans in this State by submitting a request to the cemetery superintendent on a form to be supplied by the cemetery superintendent.

The application for interment must provide for a selection to have the area immediately above and surrounding the interred remains of the applicant landscaped with natural grass or xeriscaping.

The cemetery superintendent shall assign available plots in the order in which applications are received.

A specific plot may not be reserved before it is needed for burial.

No charge may be made for a plot or for the interment of a veteran.

3.

One plot is allowed for the interment of each eligible veteran and for each member of his or her immediate family, except where the conditions of the soil or the number of the decedents of the family requires more than one plot.