Sec. 18.56.101. Eligibility for veterans' interest rates.

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The following persons are eligible veterans for the purposes of AS 18.56.098

(f)and (g):

(1)a person who served in the armed forces of the United States for 90 days or more, or whose service was for less than 90 days because of injury or disability incurred in the line of duty, after April 6, 1917, whose discharge was under honorable conditions;

(2)the widow or widower of a member of the armed forces or an eligible veteran if the member or veteran served in the armed forces for at least 90 days after April 6, 1917, and the veteran's discharge was under honorable conditions;

(3)a person who has served for not less than five years in the Alaska Army National Guard, or the Alaska Air National Guard, or a reserve unit of the United States armed forces if the reserve unit required, as a minimum, one weekend each month of duty and 15 consecutive days of active duty training each year and

(A)whose discharge was under honorable conditions; or

(B)who is currently in an active status in the guard or a reserve unit;

(4)a person who has served as a commissioned officer of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service whose discharge was under honorable conditions;

(5)a person who served in the Alaska Territorial Guard for 90 days or more or whose service was for less than 90 days because of injury or disability incurred in the line of duty;

(6)the widow or widower of a person who served at least 90 days in the Alaska Territorial Guard.