(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

(ii) Was a resident of the State at the time of entering military service, death or the death of an eligible dependent;

(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

(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.

(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, June 27, 1950 to January 31, 1955; the Vietnam War, August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975; and the Persian Gulf War, August 7, 1990 to April 11, 1991 the date that the United States Government recognizes as the end of the Persian Gulf War.

SUMMARY

This bill expands the description of the Persian Gulf War period in various provisions of law to comport with the federally recognized war period. It gives Persian Gulf War veterans the same preferences in employment, rights to burial in the Veterans' Memorial Cemetery and property tax exemptions as veterans of other wars.