SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 180, 1173                PRINTER'S NO. 2044

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 163 Session of 1993

        INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, FARGO, PESCI, SCHEETZ, KELLER, TRELLO,
           HALUSKA, BELARDI, LUCYK, OLASZ, RUDY, HANNA, BATTISTO,
           MAYERNIK, ARMSTRONG, DeWEESE, BELFANTI, HESS, KING, SCHULER,
           STABACK, HECKLER, FLICK, SANTONI, E. Z. TAYLOR, CAWLEY,
           STERN, TRICH, LYNCH, GEIST, ADOLPH, NAILOR AND ROBERTS,
           FEBRUARY 3, 1993

        SENATOR LAVALLE, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, IN
           SENATE, AS AMENDED, JUNE 8, 1993

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the State
     3     Veterans' Commission.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1702(b)(2) of Title 51 of the
     7  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding           <--
     8  subparagraphs AND SUBSECTION (B) IS AMENDED BY ADDING A           <--
     9  PARAGRAPH to read:
    10  § 1702.  State Veterans' Commission.
    11     * * *
    12     (b)  Composition.--The commission shall be composed of:
    13         * * *
    14         (2)  The State commander, commandant or head, or his
    15     designee, of each of the following named veterans'

     1     organizations:
     2             * * *                                                  <--
     3             (I)  THE AMERICAN LEGION.                              <--
     4             (II)  AMVETS.
     5             (III)  BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION.
     6             (IV)  CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
     7         AMERICA.
     8             (V)  DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.
     9             (VI)  JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES.
    10             (VII)  MARINE CORPS LEAGUE.
    11             (VIII)  MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART.
    12             (IX)  STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY DIRECTORS OF
    13         VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
    14             (X)  VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES.
    15             (XI)  VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I OF THE UNITED STATES OF
    16         AMERICA, INC.
    17             (XII)  ITALIAN-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED
    18         STATES, INC.
    19             (xiii)  The Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
    20             (xiv)  American Ex-Prisoners of War.
    21         * * *
    22         (4)  THE STATE ADJUTANTS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE       <--
    23     DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) AND THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN
    24     WARS (VFW), AS NONVOTING MEMBERS.
    25     * * *
    26     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.



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