72.36.035 - Definitions.

Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

     (1) "Actual bona fide residents of this state" means persons who have a domicile in the state of Washington immediately prior to application for admission to a state veterans' home.

     (2) "Department" means the Washington state department of veterans affairs.

     (3) "Domicile" means a person's true, fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation, and shall be the place where the person intends to remain, and to which the person expects to return when the person leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.

     (4) "State veterans' homes" means the Washington soldiers' home and colony in Orting, the Washington veterans' home in Retsil, and the eastern Washington veterans' home.

     (5) "Veteran" has the same meaning established in RCW 41.04.007.

[2002 c 292 § 5; 2001 2nd sp.s. c 4 § 2; 1993 sp.s. c 3 § 6; 1991 c 240 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 186 § 11.]

Notes: Effective date -- 1993 sp.s. c 3: See note following RCW 72.36.140.

Findings -- 1993 sp.s. c 3: See RCW 72.36.1601.

Severability -- 1977 ex.s. c 186: See note following RCW 72.36.030.