COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 265
(By Senators Hunter, Dempsey, Edgell, Jenkins, Unger and Love)
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[Originating in the Committee on Military;
reported February 14, 2006.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated º29-1I-6, relating to
adding to the West Virginia Veterans Memorial Monument the
names of West Virginia veterans who died in action in Bosnia,
Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq; and adding names of those
members of the military who may die in the ongoing Bosnia,
Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated º29-1I-6, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1I. VOLUNTARY VETERANS MEMORIAL CHECK-OFF PROGRAM.
§29-1I-6. Names of West Virginia Veterans killed in Kosovo,
Afghanistan and Iraq to be added to the West
Virginia Veterans Memorial Monument
.
(a) The Commissioner of the Division of Culture and History shall add to the West Virginia VeteransMemorial Monument the name
of all West Virginia veterans who died while serving their country
in the Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan or Iraq conflicts.
(b) The Commissioner of the Division of Culture and History
shall add to the West Virginia VeteransMemorial Monument the name
of any West Virginia member of the military who may die while on
active duty in the ongoing Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq
conflicts.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add to the West
Virginia Veterans Memorial Monument the names of all West Virginia
veterans who died while on active duty in the Bosnia, Kosovo,
Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts and to add names of those West
Virginia military who may die in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and
Iraq in the ongoing conflicts.
This sectionType information is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.)