Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
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408.010“Beneficiary” defined for ORS 408.010 to 408.090 408.020Financial aid for educational purposes; limitations on payments and on eligibility for aid 408.025[1955 c.206 §2; 1957 c.24 §1; repealed by 2005 c.831 §4] 408.030Filing application with educational institution 408.040Handling of application by institution and director; when benefits begin 408.050Monthly statement by institution 408.060Monthly payment of financial aid 408.070Investigation of institutions; rules 408.080[Amended by 1953 c.62 §2; 1957 c.91 §1; repealed by 1961 c.326 §8] 408.090Handling of donations 408.095[2009 c.759 §1; 2011 c.637 §267; 2013 c.768 §141; repealed by 2015 c.531 §1] 408.100[Repealed by 1961 c.326 §8] 408.110[Repealed by 1961 c.326 §8] 408.115Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program; eligibility requirements; rules 408.125Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program Fund 408.210[Renumbered 408.238 in 2005] 408.220[Repealed by 1977 c.854 §5] 408.225Definitions for ORS 408.225 to 408.237 408.230Hiring and promotion preference in public employment 408.235Eligibility for preference 408.237Interviews of veteran applicants for public service position required; exception 408.238“Military duty” defined for ORS 408.240 to 408.280 408.240Status and rights of public officer and employee during and after military duty; programs for supplemental pay 408.242Public employees in Active Guard Reserve Program 408.250Rights and duties of person replacing public officer in military service 408.260Termination of term of office of substitute for officer in military service 408.270Restoration of employee’s seniority and tenure 408.280Reelection of public officer while in military service 408.290Benefits for public employees on military leave of absence 408.300Short title 408.305Definitions for ORS 408.305 to 408.340 408.310Duty of medical professionals to report symptoms attributable to herbicide exposure; consent of patient; report form; additional information 408.315Application of ORS 408.310 408.320Duties of Oregon Public Health Advisory Board 408.325Referral program for affected veterans; rules 408.330Suspension or termination of programs; conditions 408.335Attorney General to represent veterans in certain proceedings; payment of expenses 408.340Limitation of liability 408.350Educational materials about hepatitis C 408.355Transportation grants to access health care services; rules 408.360[1993 c.795 §2; 2005 c.625 §55; repealed by 2019 c.224 §10] 408.362Definitions 408.365Use of state moneys for operation of Oregon Veterans’ Homes 408.368Oregon Veterans’ Home Account 408.370[1993 c.795 §§1,4; 2011 c.657 §2; 2011 c.720 §78; 2013 c.1 §4; repealed by 2019 c.224 §10] 408.375Operation and management of Oregon Veterans’ Homes; rules 408.380Application of other statutes to Oregon Veterans’ Homes 408.385Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home; planning for and development of Fourth Oregon Veterans’ Home 408.390City acquisition of land for Oregon Veterans’ Home 408.393Incurring city indebtedness for Oregon Veterans’ Home 408.395Condemnation of property for Oregon Veterans’ Home 408.410Appointment of county service officer; duties; annual budget requirement 408.420Recording discharge papers 408.425Inspection of discharge papers 408.430Free services to veterans rendered by court administrator or county clerk 408.440Land of enlisted person exempt from foreclosure and judicial sale during war 408.450Duty to pay fees during military duty 408.460Certain claims payable out of General Fund 408.470Persons entitled to interment in Spanish War Veterans’ plot 408.480[Repealed by 2015 c.531 §1] 408.485Findings related to health care 408.490Purchase of United States flags for placement on veterans’ graves 408.495Employed veteran time off for Veterans Day 408.497Preference in private employment 408.500Oregon Veterans’ Emergency Financial Assistance Program; rules 408.503Department website relating to benefits; reports to Legislative Assembly 408.504Link on agency websites 408.505Agencies to make available and provide information to veterans 408.506Agencies to partner with Oregon Military Department to provide reintegration services 408.507Information to be provided by establishments operated to provide food to needy persons 408.510[Amended by 1993 c.795 §8; renumbered 408.390 in 1999] 408.511Services for incarcerated veterans 408.515Information to be included with certain documents related to real property 408.518Agencies’ use of summary of benefits letter to determine eligibility 408.520[Renumbered 408.393 in 1999] 408.530[Renumbered 408.395 in 1999] 408.540Use of buildings by veterans’ organizations 408.550[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 408.560Use of public buildings for meetings of veterans’ and auxiliary organizations 408.570Commitment of veterans with mental illness to United States veterans facility 408.580Transfer of veterans from state to federal hospitals 408.590[Repealed by 1963 c.540 §8] 408.710Indigent veteran defined; effect of property ownership 408.720County may finance activities of veterans’ service officer; county general funds 408.730Procedure when indigent veterans are cared for by veterans organizations 408.740Appointment and duties of county veterans’ relief officer 408.750[Repealed by 2015 c.531 §1] 408.850Annual report on veterans’ housing programs

Chapter 408 — Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel

ORS 408.497 Preference in private employment

(1)

As used in this section, “service” and “uniformed service” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 659A.082.

(2)

A private, nonpublic employer may give preference in the hiring and promotion of employees to:

(a)

A person who is performing, or has performed, service in the uniformed service;

(b)

If a person has performed service in the uniformed service and has been determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled as the result of enemy action or a service-related accident, the spouse of the person; and

(c)

The widow or widower of a person who performed service in the uniformed service.

Note: 408.497 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

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