OAR 274-030-0500: Definitions for Division 30

(1) “Accredited” means an individual officially recognized and authorized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) to assist in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of a claim for USDVA benefits. (2) "Advisory Committee" means the Advisory Committee to the Director defined in ORS 406.210. (3) “Capital Assets” means tangible and intangible property as defined as “capital assets” in the State of Oregon Accounting Manual, Number 10.50.00 PR, as amended, that have initial estimated useful lives beyond a single year and have an initial cost of at least $5,000 and does not include items below $5,000. Examples of capital assets include land, land improvements, buildings and building improvements, motor vehicles, equipment and machinery, works of art and historical treasures, and infrastructure items such as state highways and airports. (4) “Capital outlay” means expenditures for capital assets. (5) “County” means a county that carries on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work described in ORS 406.320 and that contracts for or employs a part-time or full-time veteran service officer. (6) “County Veteran Service Officer” means a person appointed by a county under ORS 408.410 who is contracted or employed as a part-time or full-time agent or employee of a county to carry on a program of veterans’ rehabilitation work. (7) “Department” means the Department of Veterans' Affairs as defined in ORS 406.005. (8) “Director” means the Director of Veterans' Affairs as defined in ORS 406.410. (9) “Funds” means monies that have been appropriated to the Department for distribution to veterans’ organizations and counties under ORS 406.310 and 406.454. (10) “Funds Available” shall mean the funds remaining, after any distributions have been made to veterans’ organization and counties, from those funds appropriated to the Department for distribution to veterans’ organizations and counties under ORS 406.310 and 406.454. (11) “Qualified Veterans Organization” means a veterans’ organization qualified to apply for funds under ORS 406.310 and 406.320 that has carried on a program of veterans' rehabilitation work by employing a part-time or full-time paid veteran service officer in Oregon for not less than two years immediately preceding an application for funds under ORS 406.410. (12) “Rehabilitation Program” means conducting a program, in acting under power of attorney for veterans in connection with claims for benefits, in assisting veterans in prosecutions of their claims and in solution of problems arising out of previous military service as provided in ORS 406.310. (13) “Supplant funds” means to use funds appropriated to the Department and distributed to a county under ORS 406.310 and ORS 406.454 to replace county funds that were previously appropriated by the county for county veteran service officers and rehabilitation programs. (14) “Veterans' Organization” means an organization recognized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA), Office of General Counsel, to assist claimants for USDVA benefits in the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of their claims. (15) “Veteran Service Officer” means a part-time or full-time paid accredited employee of an accredited state or national veterans' organization, who is employed to represent veterans before rating boards of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.