Senate
File
93
-
Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
93
BY
REICHMAN
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
10,
2025
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
qualifications
to
serve
as
a
commissioner
1
or
an
executive
director
for
a
county
commission
of
veteran
2
affairs.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35B.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
35B.3
County
commission
of
veteran
affairs.
3
1.
The
county
commission
of
veteran
affairs
shall
consist
4
of
either
three
or
five
persons,
as
determined
by
the
board
5
of
supervisors,
all
of
whom
shall
be
veterans
one
of
the
6
following:
7
a.
A
veteran
as
defined
in
section
35.1
.
8
b.
An
Iowa
resident
who
is
a
current
member
of
the
Iowa
9
national
guard
or
an
Iowa
unit
of
the
reserve
forces
of
the
10
United
States,
whose
service
is
satisfactory
according
to
a
11
letter
of
recommendation
from
the
commander
of
the
person’s
12
current
unit.
13
c.
An
Iowa
resident
who
is
a
former
member
of
the
Iowa
14
national
guard
or
an
Iowa
unit
of
the
reserve
forces
of
the
15
United
States
and
was
discharged
under
honorable
conditions
as
16
evidenced
by
the
person’s
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
17
from
active
duty,
commonly
referred
to
as
a
DD214,
or
a
letter
18
of
recommendation
from
the
commander
of
the
person’s
last
unit.
19
2.
If
possible,
each
member
of
the
commission
shall
be
20
a
veteran
of
have
served
in
a
different
military
branch.
21
However,
this
qualification
does
not
preclude
membership
to
a
22
veteran
who
served
in
more
than
one
branch
of
the
military.
23
Sec.
2.
Section
35B.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2025,
24
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
25
a.
The
members
of
the
commission
shall
qualify
by
taking
26
the
usual
oath
of
office.
The
commission
shall
organize
by
27
selecting
one
of
the
commission
members
as
chairperson
and
28
one
as
secretary.
The
commission,
subject
to
the
annual
29
approval
of
the
board
of
supervisors,
shall
employ
an
executive
30
director
or
administrator
who
shall
have
the
power
to
employ
31
other
necessary
employees
to
carry
out
the
provisions
of
this
32
chapter
,
including
administrative
or
clerical
assistants,
but
33
no
member
of
the
commission
shall
be
so
employed.
The
state
34
department
of
veterans
affairs
shall
recognize
the
executive
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director
or
administrator
as
a
county
veterans
service
officer
1
of
a
veterans’
service
organization
recognized
pursuant
to
38
2
C.F.R.
§14.628(c)
for
the
purposes
of
assisting
veterans
and
3
their
dependents
in
obtaining
federal
and
state
benefits.
The
4
commission
shall
recommend
the
compensation
of
the
executive
5
director
or
administrator
and
all
employees
of
the
county
6
veteran
affairs
office
to
the
board
of
supervisors.
The
7
board
of
supervisors
shall
consider
the
recommendation
and
8
shall
determine
and
approve
the
compensation
of
the
executive
9
director
or
administrator
and
all
employees
of
the
county
10
veteran
affairs
office.
The
executive
director
must
possess
11
the
same
qualifications
as
provided
in
section
35B.3
for
12
commission
members
shall
be
a
veteran
as
defined
in
section
13
35.1
.
However,
this
qualification
requirement
shall
not
apply
14
to
a
person
employed
as
an
executive
director
prior
to
July
1,
15
1989.
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