Senate Bill No. 265
(By Senators Hunter, Dempsey, Edgell, Jenkins, Unger and Love)
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[Introduced January 25, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Military; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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
Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.
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
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(a) The Commissioner of the Division of Culture and History
shall add to the West Virginia VeteransMemorial Monument the names of all West Virginia veterans who died while serving their
country in the Kosovo, Afghanistan or Iraq conflicts.
(b) The Commissioner of the Division of Culture and History
shall add to the West Virginia VeteransMemorial Monument the
names of any West Virginia veteran who may die while serving his
or her country in the ongoing Afghanistan or Iraq conflicts.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add to the West
Virginia VeteransMemorial Monument the names of all West
Virginia veterans who died while serving their country in the
Kosovo, Afghanistan or Iraq conflicts.
This sectionType information is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.