THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY WARD, BAKER, ROBBINS, D. WHITE, ORIE, YAW, ERICKSON, PIPPY, BROWNE, GORDNER, RAFFERTY, KITCHEN, FONTANA, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, GREENLEAF, FOLMER, M. WHITE, ALLOWAY, WOZNIAK, BRUBAKER, FARNESE, LOGAN, PICCOLA, EARLL, BOSCOLA AND KASUNIC, JUNE 12, 2009

REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 12, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the composition

of the State Veterans' Commission.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1702(b)(2) of Title 51 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1702.  State Veterans' Commission.

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(b)  Composition.--The commission shall be composed of:

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(2)  The State commander, commandant or head, or his

designee, of each of the following named veterans'

organizations:

(i)  The American Legion.

(ii)  AMVETS.

(iii)  Blinded Veterans Association.

(iv)  Catholic War Veterans of the United States of

America.

(v)  Disabled American Veterans.

(vi)  Jewish War Veterans of the United States.

(vii)  Marine Corps League.

(viii)  Military Order of the Purple Heart.

(ix)  State Association of County Directors of

Veterans' Affairs.

(x)  Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

[(xi)  Veterans of World War I of the United States

of America, Inc.]

(xii)  Italian-American War Veterans of the United

States, Inc.

(xiii)  The Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.

(xiv)  American Ex-Prisoners of War.

(xv)  Keystone Paralyzed Veterans Association.

(xvi)  Military Officers Association of America.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.