PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2835 PRINTER'S NO. 3996
No. 2226 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY PISTELLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, KUKOVICH, WALKO, STABACK,
PETTIT, LUCYK, YOUNGBLOOD, ROBINSON, THOMAS, TRELLO, M. COHEN
AND RAMOS, NOVEMBER 21, 1995
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED,
SEPTEMBER 24, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," further providing for
5 the membership of boards of managers for monuments and
6 memorials to war veterans.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Sections 2565 and 2566 of the act of July 28,
10 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code,
11 amended June 19, 1961 (P.L.463, No.232), are amended to read:
12 Section 2565. Personnel.--The board of managers shall
13 consist of:
14 (a) Ex-officio members (five): the president judge of the
15 court of common pleas of such county; the judge of said court
16 next oldest in commission; the county commissioners of the
17 county.
18 (b) Elective members [(fifteen): the present elective
1 members representing the Veterans of the Civil War shall be and
2 continue as members of such board until removed by death,
3 resignation, or otherwise. The remaining members of the elective
4 (fifteen) shall be filled by the following organizations out of
5 their membership: (three) by the county organization of the
6 United Spanish War Veterans; (three)] (twenty-two) (TWENTY- <--
7 THREE): the elective members (twenty-two) shall be filled by the
8 following veterans' organizations out of their membership:
9 (four) by the county organization of the American Legion;
10 [(three)] (four) by the county organization of the Veterans of
11 Foreign Wars; [(three)] (four) by the county organizations of
12 the Italian American War Veterans of the United States,
13 Incorporated; (two) by the county organization of the Disabled
14 American Veterans; (eight NINE: one, each) by the county <--
15 organizations of Vietnam Veterans, Incorporated, the American
16 Veterans of World War II, the Jewish War Veterans, the Catholic
17 War Veterans, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the
18 Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Korean War Veterans
19 Association and, the WAVES National Organization AND THE <--
20 MILITARY ORDER OF WORLD WARS; within thirty days from the date
21 when this act becomes effective; and they shall certify such
22 election to the secretary of the existing board, whereupon the
23 persons so elected shall be members of the board.
24 (c) Additional members: the board may extend its membership
25 by adding one member for each group approved under section 2566.
26 Section 2566. Vacancies.--Vacancies occurring among the
27 elective members of the board shall be filled by the
28 organization which chose the members whose place it is desired
29 to fill: Provided, however, That whenever it may appear that it
30 is impossible to fill any vacancy in the board caused by the
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1 death or resignation of a member thereof [who represented the
2 Veterans of the Civil War] because no organization survives to
3 choose such members or no person survives who can qualify for
4 such membership, vacancies so created and existing shall, upon
5 notice from the secretary, be filled by the county organizations
6 of the [United Spanish War Veterans and the] American Legion and
7 the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Italian American War
8 Veterans of the United States, Incorporated. That is to say, the
9 first vacancy so caused shall be filled by the county
10 organization of the [United Spanish War Veterans, the second by
11 the county organization of the] American Legion, and the [third]
12 second by the county organization of the Veterans of Foreign
13 Wars, and the third by the Italian American War Veterans of the
14 United States, Incorporated, and so on in rotation. [That is to
15 say, that when no member representing the Veterans of the Civil
16 War shall remain on said board, the elective personnel of the
17 board shall be as follows: Elective members sixteen; United
18 Spanish War Veterans (four); American Legion (four); Veterans of
19 Foreign Wars (four); Italian American War Veterans of the United
20 States, Incorporated (four).] If there is a loss of membership
21 on the board or if an additional veterans' group seeks
22 membership on the board, the General Assembly shall consider any
23 veterans' group which applies in writing for membership. The
24 General Assembly shall admit a group to membership if all of the
25 following apply:
26 (1) The group is a chartered non-profit veterans'
27 organization whose goals are relevant to the representation of
28 veterans' organizations and whose membership consists solely of
29 honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the United
30 States and all components of the armed forces, including reserve
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1 and Pennsylvania National Guard forces.
2 (2) The group supports and promotes the Constitution of the
3 United States and policies and laws of the United States and
4 this Commonwealth.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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