House
File
2306
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Enrolled
House
File
2306
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
MEMBERSHIP
OF
THE
COMMISSION
OF
VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
35A.2,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
A
commission
of
veterans
affairs
is
created
consisting
of
eleven
twelve
persons
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
governor,
subject
to
confirmation
by
the
senate.
Members
shall
be
appointed
to
staggered
terms
of
four
years
beginning
and
ending
as
provided
in
section
69.19
.
The
governor
shall
fill
a
vacancy
for
the
unexpired
portion
of
the
term.
In
addition
to
the
members
appointed
by
the
governor,
the
commandant
shall
serve
as
a
nonvoting,
ex
officio
member
of
the
commission.
2.
Ten
Eleven
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,
the
Vietnam
veterans
of
America,
the
military
order
of
the
purple
heart,
the
paralyzed
veterans
of
America,
the
marine
corps
league,
and
the
Iowa
association
of
county
commissioners
and
veteran
service
officers,
through
their
department
commanders,
shall
submit
two
names
respectively
from
their
organizations
to
the
governor.
The
adjutant
general
and
the
Iowa
affiliate
of
the
reserve
officers
association
shall
submit
names
to
the
House
File
2306,
p.
2
governor
of
persons
to
represent
the
Iowa
national
guard
and
the
association.
The
governor
shall
appoint
from
the
group
of
names
submitted
by
the
adjutant
general
and
reserve
officers
association
two
representatives
and
from
each
of
the
other
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
one
member
of
the
public,
knowledgeable
in
the
general
field
of
veterans
affairs,
to
serve
on
the
commission.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2306,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor