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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 37.10, Code 2003, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 37.10 QUALIFICATION – APPOINTMENT. 1 4 1. Each commissioner, except for a memorial hospital 1 5 commissioner, shall be a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, 1 6 and be a resident of the county in which the memorial hall or 1 7 monument is located. Each commissioner for a memorial 1 8 hospital shall be a resident of the county in which the 1 9 memorial hospital is located. 1 10 2. Each memorial hospital commission member shall be 1 11 appointed by the mayor with approval of the council or by the 1 12 chairperson of the county board of supervisors in the case of 1 13 a county or joint memorialbuilding or monumenthospital. 1 14 3. Each commissioner, other than a memorial hospital 1 15 commissioner, shall be elected for appointment by a convention 1 16 of veterans residing in the city or county and appointed by 1 17 resolution of the city council or board of supervisors, as 1 18 applicable. 1 19 a. Within sixty days after the proposition to erect a 1 20 memorial building or monument other than a memorial hospital 1 21 is approved by the electorate as provided in this chapter, 1 22 each post of the sons of union veterans of the Civil War, the 1 23 American legion, the disabled American veterans of the world 1 24 war, the veterans of foreign wars of the United States, the 1 25 marine corps league, the American veterans of World War II, 1 26 and the Vietnam veterans of America in the city or county 1 27 shall appoint three of each post's members as delegates who 1 28 shall meet in convention in the city or county and elect for 1 29 appointment by ballot, five, seven, or the number of 1 30 commissioners as determined in section 37.9. 1 31 b. After the initial commissioners are elected for 1 32 appointment and appointed, the regular convention of veterans 1 33 shall convene annually during the month of April and elect for 1 34 appointment by ballot one or more nominees as required to 1 35 succeed the commissioners whose terms expire during the 2 1 succeeding month of July. If a vacancy occurs, the convention 2 2 shall be called to a special convention as provided in 2 3 paragraph "c" to fill the vacancy. 2 4 c. A regular or special convention of veterans shall be 2 5 called by the chairperson of the applicable commission by 2 6 notice sent to the post address by ordinary mail at least 2 7 thirty days before the convention is to convene. The regular 2 8 or special convention delegates shall meet at the date, place, 2 9 and time specified in the notice, organize by selecting a 2 10 chairperson and other officers as needed, and elect for 2 11 appointment by ballot the number of prospective appointees 2 12 required to fill the expiring terms of office or a vacancy. 2 13 The names of the persons elected for appointment as 2 14 commissioners shall be sent to the city council or board of 2 15 supervisors and the city council or board of supervisors shall 2 16 appoint by resolution the persons elected for appointment as 2 17 commissioners. 2 18 d. If a post of a veterans organization specified in 2 19 paragraph "a" does not exist in a city or county or fails to 2 20 send delegates to a convention, the delegates of the posts who 2 21 attend the convention shall proceed to elect the required 2 22 number of persons to be appointed as commissioners. 2 23 e. If a convention of delegates does not meet pursuant to 2 24 the notice or fails to submit the required number of persons 2 25 elected for appointment as commissioners within seven days 2 26 after the date specified for convening of the convention, the 2 27 city council or the board of supervisors may select and 2 28 appoint qualified persons to serve as commissioners. 2 29 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act applies to 2 30 vacancies in the office of commissioner of a memorial building 2 31 or monument occurring on or after July 1, 2003, and to terms 2 32 of office of commissioners of memorial buildings or monuments 2 33 expiring on or after January 1, 2004. However, this Act does 2 34 not apply to the office of commissioner of a memorial 2 35 hospital. 3 1 EXPLANATION 3 2 This bill provides that the office of commissioner of a 3 3 memorial building or monument, except a memorial hospital 3 4 commissioner, shall be filled by elections of veterans from a 3 5 convention of delegates of recognized military veterans 3 6 organizations and appointments by resolution of the city 3 7 council if the memorial building or monument is a city project 3 8 or by the board of supervisors if the memorial building or 3 9 monument is a county project. Each post of a recognized 3 10 military veterans organization in a city or county, as 3 11 applicable, may send three members of each post as delegates 3 12 to a convention to elect by ballot the required number of 3 13 persons to be appointed commissioners for a three-year term. 3 14 If a veterans post does not exist in a city or county or fails 3 15 to send its delegates, the delegates who attend the convention 3 16 shall proceed to elect the required number of persons for 3 17 appointment as commissioners. If a convention does not send 3 18 the names of the persons elected for appointment as 3 19 commissioners to the city council or board of supervisors 3 20 within seven days after it convenes, the city council or board 3 21 of supervisors may select and appoint the required number of 3 22 commissioners. 3 23 LSB 1289HH 80 3 24 av/pj/5.1
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