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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Fellela, Abney, Donovan, Serpa, Corvese, | |
Date Introduced: April 29, 2021 | |
Referred To: House Veterans` Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 30-24-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 30-24 entitled "Rhode Island |
2 | Veterans' Home" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 30-24-3. Administrator -- Advisory council. |
4 | (a) The director of veterans services shall appoint an administrator for the Rhode Island |
5 | veterans' home who shall be an honorably discharged war veteran of the United States Armed |
6 | Forces. |
7 | (b) There shall be an advisory council for veterans' affairs, consisting of not more than |
8 | fifteen (15) qualified electors of this state, ten (10) of whom shall be honorably discharged veterans |
9 | of the armed forces of the United States; twelve (12) of the members shall be appointed by the |
10 | governor, consisting of a member designated by each of the various state departments of the active |
11 | federally chartered veteran organizations, and the remaining member or members at large; |
12 | provided, however, that each of those departments of veteran organizations shall have, and continue |
13 | to have, at least one member on the advisory council for veterans' affairs; and, provided further, |
14 | that one member shall be a female veteran, one member shall be a minority veteran; one member |
15 | of the house of representatives, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and |
16 | one member from the senate, to be appointed by the president of the senate. The members of the |
17 | general assembly who shall serve on the advisory council for veterans' affairs shall serve so long |
18 | as they are members of the general assembly. The final remaining member shall be an active |
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1 | National Guard person to be appointed by the state adjutant general. |
2 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' | |
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1 | This act would remove the word "war" from the sentence "honorably discharged war |
2 | veteran", which would allow the director of veterans' services to appoint an administrator who is |
3 | an honorably discharged veteran of the Unites States Armed Forces. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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