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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
QUALIFICATIONS
TO
SERVE
AS
A
COMMISSIONER
OR
AN
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
FOR
A
COUNTY
COMMISSION
OF
VETERAN
AFFAIRS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
35B.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
35B.3
County
commission
of
veteran
affairs.
1.
The
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
shall
consist
of
either
three
or
five
persons,
as
determined
by
the
board
of
supervisors,
all
of
whom
shall
be
veterans
one
of
the
following:
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a.
A
veteran
as
defined
in
section
35.1
.
b.
An
Iowa
resident
who
is
a
current
member
of
the
Iowa
national
guard
or
an
Iowa
unit
of
the
reserve
forces
of
the
United
States,
whose
service
is
satisfactory
according
to
a
letter
of
recommendation
from
the
commander
of
the
person’s
current
unit.
c.
An
Iowa
resident
who
is
a
former
member
of
the
Iowa
national
guard
or
an
Iowa
unit
of
the
reserve
forces
of
the
United
States
and
was
discharged
under
honorable
conditions
as
evidenced
by
the
person’s
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
commonly
referred
to
as
a
DD214,
or
a
letter
of
recommendation
from
the
commander
of
the
person’s
last
unit.
2.
If
possible,
each
member
of
the
commission
shall
be
a
veteran
of
have
served
in
a
different
military
branch.
However,
this
qualification
does
not
preclude
membership
to
a
veteran
who
served
in
more
than
one
branch
of
the
military.
Sec.
2.
Section
35B.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
The
members
of
the
commission
shall
qualify
by
taking
the
usual
oath
of
office.
The
commission
shall
organize
by
selecting
one
of
the
commission
members
as
chairperson
and
one
as
secretary.
The
commission,
subject
to
the
annual
approval
of
the
board
of
supervisors,
shall
employ
an
executive
director
or
administrator
who
shall
have
the
power
to
employ
other
necessary
employees
to
carry
out
the
provisions
of
this
chapter
,
including
administrative
or
clerical
assistants,
but
no
member
of
the
commission
shall
be
so
employed.
The
state
department
of
veterans
affairs
shall
recognize
the
executive
director
or
administrator
as
a
county
veterans
service
officer
of
a
veterans’
service
organization
recognized
pursuant
to
38
C.F.R.
§14.628(c)
for
the
purposes
of
assisting
veterans
and
their
dependents
in
obtaining
federal
and
state
benefits.
The
commission
shall
recommend
the
compensation
of
the
executive
director
or
administrator
and
all
employees
of
the
county
veteran
affairs
office
to
the
board
of
supervisors.
The
board
of
supervisors
shall
consider
the
recommendation
and
shall
determine
and
approve
the
compensation
of
the
executive
director
or
administrator
and
all
employees
of
the
county
veteran
affairs
office.
The
executive
director
must
possess
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the
same
qualifications
as
provided
in
section
35B.3
for
commission
members
shall
be
a
veteran
as
defined
in
section
35.1
.
However,
this
qualification
requirement
shall
not
apply
to
a
person
employed
as
an
executive
director
prior
to
July
1,
1989.
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
93,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor