PRINTER'S NO. 294
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
295
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HICKERNELL, BOBACK, COHEN, DRISCOLL, DUSH,
GINGRICH, GREINER, GRELL, JAMES, M. K. KELLER, MENTZER,
MILLARD, MURT, PICKETT AND SAYLOR, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in State Veterans' Commission and
Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, 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) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 1702. State Veterans' Commission.
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(b) Composition.--The commission shall be composed of:
(1) The Adjutant General, ex officio, or his designee.
(2) The State commander, commandant or head, or his
designee, of each of the following named veterans'
organizations:
(i) The American Legion.
(ii) AMVETS.
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(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.
(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.
(xvii) The Navy Club of the United States of
America.
(3) Four members at large appointed by the Governor from
a list provided by the Adjutant General, each of whom shall
be a veteran and a member in good and regular standing of a
Pennsylvania branch, post, lodge or club of a recognized
national veterans' organization active in this Commonwealth.
At least one member shall be a female veteran, and at least
one member shall be a veteran of the Vietnam era. Members at
large shall serve a term of four years and until a successor
has been appointed.
(4) The State Adjutants of the American Legion, the
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) and the Executive Director of AMVETS as nonvoting
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members.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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