| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §504, sub-§4, ķA-1, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1993, c. 680, Pt. A, §33, is amended to read: |
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| A-1. As used in this subsection, unless the context | indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following | meanings. |
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| (1) "Eligible dependent" means the wife, husband, | surviving spouse, unmarried minor child, unmarried | dependent child enrolled in secondary school or | unmarried adult child who became incapable of self- | support before reaching 18 years of age on account of | mental or physical defects. |
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| (2) "Eligible veteran" means any person who: |
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| (a) Served on active duty in the United States Armed | Forces during any federally recognized period of | conflict, served on active duty in the United | States Armed Forces at any time during the period | December 22, 1961 to August 5, 1964 or was | eligible for an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal | or campaign medal, and who: |
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| (i) If discharged, received an honorable | discharge or a general discharge under | honorable conditions, provided that the | discharge was not upgraded through a program | of general amnesty; and |
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| (ii) Was a resident of the State at the time of | entering military service, death or the death | of an eligible dependent; or |
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| (b) Served in the Maine National Guard and died | as a result of injury, disease or illness | sustained while serving on state active duty as | provided in chapter 3, subchapter III; or . |
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| (c) Served in the Armed Forces in the United States | at any time and was killed or died as a result of | hostile action and was a resident of the State at | the time of entering military service, at the time | of death or at the time of the death of an | eligible dependent. |
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| | | (3) "Federally recognized period of conflict" means World | War I, April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918, or March 31, 1920 if | service was in Russia; World War II, December 7, 1941 to December | 3l, 1946; Korean Conflict, |
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