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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1676

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1334 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BELFANTI, BOYD, CAPPELLI, GEIST, GEORGE,
           HARRIS, HORNAMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, MOYER, MURT,
           RAPP, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, THOMAS, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD,
           MAY 24, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
           PREPAREDNESS, MAY 24, 2007

                                     AN ACT

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

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1702(b) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 1702.  State Veterans' Commission.
     9     * * *
    10     (b)  Composition.--The commission shall be composed of:
    11         (1)  The Adjutant General, ex officio, or his designee.
    12         (2)  The State commander, commandant or head, or his
    13     designee, of each of the following named veterans'
    14     organizations:
    15             (i)  The American Legion.
    16             (ii)  AMVETS.
    17             (iii)  Blinded Veterans Association.

     1             (iv)  Catholic War Veterans of the United States of
     2         America.
     3             (v)  Disabled American Veterans.
     4             (vi)  Jewish War Veterans of the United States.
     5             (vii)  Marine Corps League.
     6             (viii)  Military Order of the Purple Heart.
     7             (ix)  State Association of County Directors of
     8         Veterans' Affairs.
     9             (x)  Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
    10             (xi)  Veterans of World War I of the United States of
    11         America, Inc.
    12             (xii)  Italian-American War Veterans of the United
    13         States, Inc.
    14             (xiii)  The Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
    15             (xiv)  American Ex-Prisoners of War.
    16             (xv)  Keystone Paralyzed Veterans Association.
    17             (xvi)  Military Officers Association of America.
    18         (3)  Four members at large appointed by the Governor from
    19     a list provided by the Adjutant General, each of whom shall
    20     be a veteran and a member in good and regular standing of a
    21     Pennsylvania branch, post, lodge or club of a recognized
    22     national veterans' organization active in this Commonwealth.
    23     At least one member shall be a female veteran, and at least
    24     one member shall be a veteran of the Vietnam era. Members at
    25     large shall serve a term of four years and until a successor
    26     has been appointed.
    27         (4)  The State Adjutants of the American Legion, the
    28     Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and the Veterans of Foreign
    29     Wars (VFW) and the Executive Director of AMVETS as nonvoting
    30     members.
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     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.




















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