PRINTER'S NO. 1478
No. 1286 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY DeMEDIO, NOVAK, SHUMAN, ZELLER, MRKONIC, CIMINI
AND HOPKINS, MAY 7, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS,
MAY 7, 1975
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," changing membership of
5 and providing for Disabled American Veterans as members on
6 the board of managers of a memorial hall.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 2565 and section 2566,
10 act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the "Second
11 Class County Code," amended June 19, 1961 (P.L.463, No.232), are
12 amended to read:
13 Section 2565. Personnel.--The board of managers shall
14 consist of:
15 * * *
16 (b) Elective members [(fifteen): the present elective
17 members representing the Veterans of the Civil War shall be and
18 continue as members of such board until removed by death,
19 resignation, or otherwise] (twenty): The [remaining] members of
1 the elective [(fifteen)] (twenty) shall be filled by the
2 following organizations out of their membership: [(three)] (one)
3 by the county organization of the United Spanish War Veterans;
4 [(three)] (five) by the county organization of the American
5 Legion; [(three)] (five) by the county organization of the
6 Veterans of Foreign Wars; [(three)] (four) by the county
7 organizations of the Italian American War Veterans of the United
8 States, Incorporated; (five) by the county organization of the
9 Disabled American Veterans; within thirty days from the date
10 when this act becomes effective; and they shall certify such
11 election to the secretary of the existing board, whereupon the
12 persons so elected shall be members of the board.
13 Section 2566. Vacancies.--Vacancies occurring among the
14 elective members of the board shall be filled by the
15 organization which chose the members whose place it is desired
16 to fill. [Provided, however, That whenever it may appear that it
17 is impossible to fill any vacancy in the board caused by the
18 death or resignation of a member thereof who represented the
19 Veterans of the Civil War because no organization survives to
20 choose such members or no person survives who can qualify for
21 such membership, vacancies so created and existing shall, upon
22 notice from the secretary, be filled by the county organizations
23 of the United Spanish War Veterans and the American Legion and
24 the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Italian American War
25 Veterans of the United States, Incorporated. That is to say, the
26 first vacancy so caused shall be filled by the county
27 organization of the United Spanish War Veterans, the second by
28 the county organization of the American Legion, and the third by
29 the county organization of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and so
30 on in rotation. That is to say, that when no member representing
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1 the Veterans of the Civil War shall remain on said board, the
2 elective personnel of the board shall be as follows: Elective
3 members sixteen; United Spanish War Veterans (four); American
4 Legion (four); Veterans of Foreign Wars (four); Italian American
5 War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated (four).]
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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