Senate Bill No. 77
(By Senators Holliday and Boley)
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[Introduced January 21, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article one, chapter
nine-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuation of
the veterans' council.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, 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-1-2. Veterans' council; continuation of council;
administration of division.
There shall be a "veterans' council" which shall consist of
seven members who shall be citizens and residents of this state,
who have served in and been honorably discharged or separated
under honorable conditions from the armed forces of the United
States and whose service was within a time of war as defined by
the laws of the United States, either Public Law No. 2 -- 73rdCongress or Public Law No. 346 -- 78th Congress, and any and all
amendments thereto. At least one member of the council shall be
a veteran of World War II, at least one member of the council
shall be a veteran of the Korean Conflict and at least two
members of the council shall be veterans of the Vietnam era. The
members of the veterans' council shall be selected with special
reference to their ability and fitness to effectuate the purposes
of this article.
After having conducted a performance and fiscal audit
preliminary performance review through its joint committee on
government operations, pursuant to section nine, article ten,
chapter four of this code, the Legislature hereby finds and
declares that the veterans' council should be continued and
reestablished. Accordingly, notwithstanding the provisions of
section four, article ten, chapter four of this code, the
veterans' council shall continue to exist until the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four two thousand.
The West Virginia division of veterans' affairs shall be
administered by a director, and such veterans' affairs officers,
assistants and employees as may be deemed advisable.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the Veterans'
Council until July 1, 2000.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
This bill is recommended by the Joint Committee on
Government Operations for passage during the 1994 RegularSession.