The commission shall do all of the following:
1. Organize and annually select a chairperson.
2. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A and establish policy for the management and operation of the commission.
3. Prescribe the duties of an executive director and other employees as the commission shall deem necessary to carry out the duties of the commission.
4. Supervise the commandant's administration of commission policy for the operations and conduct of the Iowa veterans home.
5. Maintain information and data concerning the military service records of Iowa veterans.
6. Assist county veterans affairs commissions established pursuant to chapter 35B. The commission shall provide to county commissions suggested uniform benefits and administrative procedures for carrying out the functions and duties of the county commissions.
7. Permanently maintain the records including certified records of bonus applications for awards paid from the war orphans educational fund under chapter 35.
8. Collect and maintain information concerning veterans affairs.
9. Conduct two service schools each year for the Iowa association of county commissioners and executive directors.
10. Assist the United States veterans administration, the Iowa veterans home, funeral directors, and federally chartered veterans service organizations in providing information concerning veterans service records and veterans affairs data.
11. Maintain alphabetically a permanent registry of the graves of all persons who served in the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war and whose mortal remains rest in Iowa.
12. Provide training to executive directors of county commissions of veteran affairs pursuant to section 35B.6. The commission may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A to provide for training of county veteran affairs executive directors.
13. Conduct an equal number of meetings at Camp Dodge and the Iowa veterans home. The agenda for each meeting shall include a reasonable time period for public comment.
[C39, § 482.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 35.1; C79, 81, § 35A.3]
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1707; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 9; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §3; 95 Acts, ch 161, §3
Referred to in § 35A.1, 35B.6
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