1. A commission of veterans affairs is created consisting of seven persons who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. Members shall be appointed to staggered terms of four years. The governor shall fill a vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term.
2. Five commissioners shall be honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the United States. The American legion of Iowa, disabled American veterans department of Iowa, veterans of foreign wars department of Iowa, American veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, and the military order of the purple heart, through their department commanders, shall submit two names respectively from their organizations to the governor. The governor shall appoint from each of the organizations one representative to serve as a member of the commission, unless the appointments would conflict with the bipartisan and gender balance provisions of sections 69.16 and 69.16A. In addition, the governor shall appoint two members of the public, knowledgeable in the general field of veterans affairs, to serve on the commission.
3. The office of the commission shall be located at the Iowa veterans home.
[C31, § 446-c1; C35, § 467-f42; C39, § 467.44; C46, 50, § 29.44; C54, 58, 62, § 29.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 29A.12; C79, 81, § 35A.2; 81 Acts, ch 33, § 1]
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1705, 1706; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 8
Referred to in § 35A.1, 35D.1
Confirmation, see § 2.32
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