2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 412 - State Militia
NRS 412.1435 - Patriot Relief Account: Creation; sources; uses; duties of Adjutant General.

1. The Patriot Relief Account is hereby created as a special account in the State General Fund.

2. The money in the Patriot Relief Account does not lapse to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year. The interest and income earned on the sum of:

(a) The money in the Patriot Relief Account, after deducting any applicable charges; and

(b) Unexpended appropriations made to the Patriot Relief Account from the State General Fund,

must be credited to the Account. All claims against the Patriot Relief Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.

3. The Office may accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for deposit in the Patriot Relief Account.

4. The money in the Patriot Relief Account may only be used to provide:

(a) Reimbursement to a member of the Nevada National Guard for the cost of:

(1) Premiums on a policy of group life insurance purchased pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 1965 et seq.; and

(2) Textbooks required for a course of study in which the member is enrolled at an institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education;

(b) Monetary relief from economic hardships experienced by a member of the Nevada National Guard who has been called into active service; and

(c) A payment of $100 to a member of the Nevada National Guard who:

(1) Returns from deployment in a combat zone;

(2) Was on active service for 45 days or more in full-time National Guard duty, as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(d)(5); and

(3) Not more than 90 days after returning from deployment in the combat zone, attends a course on reintegration into the community with his or her spouse, an adult member of his or her immediate family or an adult with whom he or she cohabits.

5. The Adjutant General shall adopt any regulations necessary to determine eligibility for reimbursement or monetary relief from the Patriot Relief Account and to carry out a program to provide such reimbursement and monetary relief.

6. As used in this section:

(a) Combat zone means any area which the President of the United States has designated by executive order as an area in which the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in combat.

(b) Course on reintegration into the community means a class designed to provide a member of the Nevada National Guard who is returning from deployment in a combat zone with skills and training to enable the member more easily to adapt to life outside of the combat zone.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 2448; A 2009, 1159)