ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 428
(By Senators Bowman, Bailey, Minear, Plymale and Prezioso)
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[Passed February 14, 2002; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section four, article one, chapter
nine-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to revising the duties and
functions of the veterans' council.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article one, chapter nine-a of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
§9A-1-4. Duties and functions of veterans' council; appointment of
director; term of office; removal.
It is the duty and function of the veterans' council to advise
the director
on the general administrative policies of the
division, to select, at their first meeting in each fiscal year
commencing on the first day of July, a chairman to serve one year,
to advise the director on rules as may be necessary, to advise the
governor and the Legislature with respect to legislation affecting the interests of veterans, their widows, dependents and orphans and
to make annual reports to the governor respecting the service of
the division. The director has the same eligibility and
qualifications prescribed for members of the veterans' council.
The governor shall appoint a director for a term of six years, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Before making the
appointment, the governor shall request the council of the West
Virginia division of veterans' affairs to furnish a full and
complete report concerning the qualifications and suitability of
the proposed appointee. The director may only be removed by the
governor for cause, but shall have upon his or her
own request an
open hearing before the governor on the complaints or charges
lodged against him or her. The action of the governor shall be
final. The director ex officio shall be the executive secretary of
the veterans' council, keep the minutes of each meeting and be in
charge of all records of the division.
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