PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 958
PRINTER'S NO. 1639
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
847
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY AUMENT, TEPLITZ, EICHELBERGER, WILEY, ARGALL,
BREWSTER, HUTCHINSON, SMITH, RAFFERTY, WARD, BROOKS, MENSCH
AND BAKER, MAY 20, 2015
SENATOR VULAKOVICH, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
AS AMENDED, MARCH 22, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for 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:
ยง 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.
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(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) (Deleted by amendment).
(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 Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.
(xviii) The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of
America.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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