PRINTER'S NO. 1408
No. 1190 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY DeMEDIO, FISCHER, LOGUE, SHUMAN, CIMINI,
D. M. O'BRIEN, MANMILLER, NOVAK, ABRAHAM, MISCEVICH, TRELLO,
M. M. MULLEN, MRKONIC, CASSIDY, COLE, ARMSTRONG, DIETZ, LEVI,
PYLES, SPITZ, TENAGLIO, ZELLER AND ZITTERMAN, JUNE 1, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS,
JUNE 1, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," raising the number of
21 members appointed to the State Veterans' Commission and
22 changing the quorum requirement.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Clause (b) of section 448, act of April 9, 1929
26 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929,"
1 amended March 20, 1956 (P.L.1310, No.414), is amended to read:
2 Section 448. Advisory Boards and Commissions.--The advisory
3 boards and commissions, within the several administrative
4 departments, shall be constituted as follows:
5 (b) The State Veterans' Commission shall consist of the
6 Adjutant General, ex officio, and [nine] eleven members, all of
7 whom shall have served in the armed forces of the United States
8 while a state of war or armed conflict existed between the
9 United States of America and another sovereign power, and shall
10 be members in good and regular standing of a Pennsylvania
11 branch, post, lodge, or club, of a recognized national veterans'
12 organization active in this Commonwealth.
13 The Governor, upon recommendation of the Adjutant General,
14 shall declare a vacancy to exist whenever any member shall fail
15 to attend three consecutive meetings, and shall fill the vacancy
16 for the unexpired term.
17 Three members of the [nine] eleven shall be considered
18 members-at-large and shall be approved by the Governor and
19 appointed for terms of four years.
20 [Five] Six members of the commission shall constitute a
21 quorum.
22 The commission shall select from its number a chairman and a
23 secretary.
24 * * *
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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