| | (a) Is living and is determined to have Has a total | | permanent disability resulting from a service- | | connected disability as a result of service; |
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| | | (b) Was killed in action; |
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| | | (c) Died from a service-connected disability as a | | result of service; |
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| | | (d) At the time of death was totally and permanently | | disabled due to service-connected disability, but | | whose death was not related to the service- | | connected disability; or |
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| | | (e) Is a member of the Armed Forces on active duty | | who has been listed for more than 90 days as | | missing in action, captured or forcibly detained | | or interned in the line of duty by a foreign | | government or power. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 37-B MRSA §§510 and 511 are enacted to read: |
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| | | §510.__Commemorative certificates, coins and medals |
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| | | A commemorative certificates, coins and medals recognition | | program is established as follows. |
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| | | 1.__Design; construct; issue.__The director is authorized to | | design, construct and issue commemorative certificates, coins and | | medals honoring Maine's veterans serving in different conflicts.__ | | For World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War, the | | commemorative items must be of a design similar to the World War | | II, Korean Conflict and Vietnam War plaques that are displayed in | | the Hall of Flags in the State House. |
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| | | 2.__Solicit donations.__The bureau is authorized to solicit | | donations from private citizens, corporations and entities to | | help fund the design, construction and issuance of commemorative | | items under this section. |
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| | | 3.__Advisory committee.__The bureau shall establish an | | advisory committee of interested persons, including, but not | | limited to, veterans of the Persian Gulf War and the wars in Iraq | | and veterans from the period from 1947 to 1990, to develop | | commemorative items honoring veterans.__Approval of commemorative | | items rests with the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and | | Emergency Management. |
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