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Law No. 303 Of 13 November 2007 On The Modification And Completion Of The Law Nr. 44/1994 Concerning War Veterans And Some Rights Of Invalids And War Widows

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 303 din 13 noiembrie 2007 pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr. 44/1994 privind veteranii de război, precum şi unele drepturi ale invalizilor şi văduvelor de război

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LEGE no. 303 303 of 13 November 2007 to amend and supplement Law no. 44/1994 on war veterans, as well as some rights of war-widows and widows
ISSUER PARLIAMENT
Published in OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 785 785 of 20 November 2007



The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article I Law no. 44/1994 on war veterans, as well as some rights of invalids and war widows, republished in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 783 of 28 October 2002, as amended and supplemented, shall be amended and supplemented as follows: 1. In Article 2, the introductory part shall read as follows: "" Art. 2. -They are also considered war veterans, the people who participated in the first or second world war, as follows: ". 2. In Article 5, paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall read as follows: "" Art. 5. -The quality of war veteran is established by the Ministry of Defense, on the basis of the official documents requested by this ministry, issued by the bodies in law, confirming the situations provided in art. 1 1 and 2. ............................................... Prisoners of war prove their quality on the basis of official documents issued by the military archives, as well as by any other document issued by the Ministry of Defense or by the organ to which they were detained. In cases where, for various reasons, those entitled do not possess the requested official acts or cannot be issued the necessary proof as a result of the non-existence or destruction of the archives, confirmed in writing, the quality of war veteran will be determine by the reconstitution committees, with witnesses, under the conditions provided by law and the methodology established for this purpose by the Ministry of Defense. " 3. In Article 13, paragraph 4 shall read as follows: "The amount of compensation shall be borne from the state budget and shall be updated annually by Government decision." 4. Article 14 shall read as follows: "" Art. 14. -War veterans who are not decorated with orders, medals or war crosses provided in art. 13 13 para. 1 lit. a) and b), but to which the Medal was conferred "The commemorative cross of the Second World War, 1941-1945" benefits from a monthly annuity equivalent to 50% of the grade solda of a sub-lieutenant. " 5. in Article 15, after paragraph 2, a new paragraph 3 is inserted, with the following contents: " In recognition of the merits of war veterans on the battlefields to defend the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and interests of Romania, the Day of War Veterans is established, which is organized annually on 29 April " 6. In Article 16, points a), c), e) and paragraph 2 of the letter k) shall read as follows: " a) 12 free, round-trip trips, or 24 simple trips, in the course of a calendar year, to Class I by rail, to train of any rank, to the sea mutilated, to war invalids, as well as to war veterans decorated with Order and war medals. War veterans decorated with the Medal "Commemorative Cross of World War II, 1941-1945", the undecorated as well as war widows are entitled, during a calendar year, to 6 free domestic trips, round-trip, or to 12. Simple journeys by rail, to train of any rank. The generals and officers travel to the first class, and the other war veterans, decorated with the Medal "Commemorative Cross of World War II, 1941-1945", the undecorated, as well as the widows of war, in the second class. War veterans and war widows who live in the countryside are entitled, during a calendar year, to 12 domestic, round-trip, free travel on the means of car transport if there is no opportunity to travel by road. railway, or on 12 free domestic trips, round trip, on river paths, of choice. In the number of trips established for holders, they can also use them for companions. Free travel tickets may also be used by the spouse or other persons mandated by the holders to represent their interests, on the basis of authenticated power of attorney, and the presence of the holder when making the trip is not necessary. The Ministry of Economy and Finance will allocate the necessary amounts in the budget of the Ministry of Labor, Family and Equal Opportunities, the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and the Romanian Intelligence Service, as a result of application of this law ................................................. c) priority to the distribution and rental of housing from the state housing fund. Public institutions are authorized to sell the homes in the state housing stock that they have under management, on request, to war veterans and war widows who hold them with a lease. The homes rented to war veterans and war widows, located in the public property of the state, for which their purchase was requested, are passed into the private property of the state, by Government decision, under the law; .................................................. e) exemption from payment of local taxes and fees, as well as the payment of the corresponding tax for arable land in the area of up to 5 ha. These exemptions also apply to the unmarried widows of war veterans; .................................................. Of the total number of free tickets received by war veterans ' associations, 10% will be assigned to war widows and widows of war veterans, who have not remarried; ". 7. In Article 17, paragraph 3 shall read as follows: " Veterans and war widows are provided free of charge, as the case may be, cremation, resting places in civilian cemeteries or burial sites in military or civilian cemeteries. War veterans are provided with funerals with military honors, according to the degree at the time of death, according to the regulations in force for military personnel in activity. Religious services are provided free of charge by chaplains in military garrisons. " 8. In Article 19, letter a) shall read as follows: " a) the provision of funds allocated from the state budget for the payment of current and capital expenditures, necessary to carry out activities by their associative structures, those determined by relations with organizations national and international profile, as well as for the payment of annual international contributions in foreign currency to international bodies to which the associations of war veterans are affiliated; ". 9. Article 22 shall read as follows: "" Art. 22. -The land areas necessary for the improprieties provided in art. 13 shall be ensured through the care of public administration authorities in the municipalities, cities or communes where war veterans have their domicile or from other localities when there is no land available in those where they reside, under the conditions Law of Land Fund no. 18/1991 , republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. " + Article II (1) The responsibility of the national coordination of war veterans, invalids and war widows is the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense. (2) Organization and functioning of the authority referred to in paragraph (1) shall be regulated by Government decision. + Article III ((. This Law shall enter into force on 1 January 2008. (2) Within 30 days of the entry into force of this law, methodological norms will be issued for the sale of homes from the state housing fund to war veterans and war widows, approved by orders of the rulers. public institutions that have them under management. This law was adopted by the Romanian Parliament, in compliance with the provisions of art. 75 75 and art. 76 76 para. (1) of the Romanian Constitution, republished. PRESIDENT CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES BOGDAN OLTEANU SENATE PRESIDENT NICOLAE VACAROIU Bucharest, November 13, 2007. No. 303. ----------