§ 250-1. Veterans' assistance.

(a)

The board of county commissioners of Brevard County is hereby granted full and complete power and authority to aid and assist wherever practical and feasible the veterans, male and female, who have served in the armed forces of the United States in any war, and received an honorable discharge from any branch of the military service of the United States, and their dependents, in presenting claims for and securing such compensation, hospitalization, education, loans, vocational training and any other benefits or privileges to which said veterans, or any of them, are or may become entitled to under any federal or state law or regulation by reason of their service in the armed forces of the United States of America.

(b)

The board of county commissioners of Brevard County is hereby authorized to employ a county service officer, and to provide office space, clerical assistance and the necessary supplies incidental to providing and maintaining a county service office, and to pay said expenses and salaries from the moneys hereinafter provided for. The county service officer must be an honorably discharged veteran who served in the armed forces of the United States during a period of war and his duties, compensation and terms of employment shall be prescribed by the board of county commissioners of such county.

(c)

The board of county commissioners of Brevard County may, in order to accomplish the purposes of this section, work jointly with any agency of the federal government, any present or future state agency or commission, or any other county in the state of Florida, or any municipality in such county, and such board may contribute directly from the funds herein provided to any such agency, commission, political entity or municipality in furtherance of the purpose of this section, and may, with any other county or municipality, employ jointly a county service officer to carry out for such counties the purposes of this section.

(d)

All services performed by any service officer employed hereunder for any veteran or his or her dependents shall be rendered without charge to said veteran or said dependents.

(e)

It is the intent and purpose of the legislature that in construing this section the broadest interpretation be given to the same, in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this section.

(f)

The board of county commissioners of Brevard County is expressly authorized and empowered to levy a tax not to exceed one-half mill, or use available funds on hand and unappropriated, whether derived from taxation or otherwise, for the purpose of aiding and assisting the veterans described in subsection (a) hereof by providing a service officer and maintaining a service office in said county, and to disburse said moneys at such times and in such manner and under such terms and conditions as may be provided by resolution of said board of county commissioners from time to time.

(g)

All sums heretofore appropriated and paid to any county service officer of said county appointed by said board of county commissioners are hereby severally validated and confirmed.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 23192 (1945), §§ 1—7)

State law reference

Veterans' assistance and veteran service officers, F.S. § 292.10 et seq.