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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.2, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  Five Six commissioners shall be honorably discharged
  1  4 members of the armed forces of the United States.  The
  1  5 American legion of Iowa, disabled American veterans department
  1  6 of Iowa, veterans of foreign wars department of Iowa, American
  1  7 veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, the Vietnam
  1  8 veterans of America, and the military order of the purple
  1  9 heart, through their department commanders, shall submit two
  1 10 names respectively from their organizations to the governor.
  1 11 The governor shall appoint from each of the organizations one
  1 12 representative to serve as a member of the commission, unless
  1 13 the appointments would conflict with the bipartisan and gender
  1 14 balance provisions of sections 69.16 and 69.16A.  In addition,
  1 15 the governor shall appoint two members one member of the
  1 16 public, knowledgeable in the general field of veterans
  1 17 affairs, to serve on the commission.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 35A.2, subsection 3, Code 1995, is amended
  1 19 by striking the subsection.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  Section 35A.3, Code 1995, is amended by adding the
  1 21 following new subsection:
  1 22    NEW SUBSECTION.  13.  Conduct an equal number of meetings
  1 23 at Camp Dodge and the Iowa veterans home.  The agenda for each
  1 24 meeting shall include a reasonable time period for public
  1 25 comment.
  1 26    Sec. 4.  REPEAL.  1992 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 44,
  1 27 is repealed.
  1 28    Sec. 5.  INFORMATION STORAGE &endash; TRAINING &endash; REPORTS.
  1 29    The commission of veterans affairs shall do the following:
  1 30    1.  Develop and issue for response requests for proposals
  1 31 for storing information and data concerning the military
  1 32 service records of Iowa veterans, and other information the
  1 33 commission deems appropriate, upon microfilm, electronic
  1 34 computer, or data processing equipment, and for proposals for
  1 35 the purchase of the equipment necessary to store the records
  2  1 and information.  The commission shall also make every
  2  2 reasonable effort to obtain federal funding for the storing of
  2  3 information and data and the purchase of equipment as provided
  2  4 in this subsection.  The commission shall deliver a written
  2  5 report on all proposals submitted in response to the requests
  2  6 for proposals along with the commission's recommendations to
  2  7 the general assembly not later than January 1, 1996.
  2  8    2.  Study the costs of training provided to executive
  2  9 directors of county commissions of veteran affairs under
  2 10 subsection 12.  The commission shall submit a report of its
  2 11 findings and recommendations to the general assembly by
  2 12 January 1, 1996.
  2 13    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2 14 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  2 15 HF 203
  2 16 kh/pk/25
     
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