An Act To Enhance a Community's Ability To Establish or Update Its Veterans Honor Roll
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §509, sub-§5 is enacted to read:
5. Release of information for veterans honor roll. The bureau may release the following information relating to a person from a municipality who has honorably served in the United States Armed Forces to a municipal official, as defined in Title 30-A, section 2001, subsection 11, for the purpose of establishing or updating a veterans honor roll in that municipality:
A. The name of the person;
B. The date the person entered the service;
C. The branch of the service entered; and
D. The date the person was honorably discharged.
summary
This bill allows the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services to release information about veterans to municipalities for the purpose of establishing or updating a veterans honor roll.