35A.2 - COMMISSION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
35A.2 COMMISSION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
1. A commission of veterans affairs is created consisting of nine
persons who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to
confirmation by the senate. Members shall be appointed to staggered
terms of four years beginning and ending as provided in section
69.19. The governor shall fill a vacancy for the unexpired portion
of the term. In addition to the members appointed by the governor,
the director of the department and the commandant of the Iowa
veterans home shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the
commission.
2. Eight commissioners shall be honorably discharged members of
the armed forces of the United States. The American legion of Iowa,
disabled American veterans department of Iowa, veterans of foreign
wars department of Iowa, American veterans of World War II, Korea,
and Vietnam, the Vietnam veterans of America, and the military order
of the purple heart, through their department commanders, shall
submit two names respectively from their organizations to the
governor. The adjutant general and the Iowa affiliate of the reserve
officers association shall submit names to the governor of persons to
represent the Iowa national guard and the association. The governor
shall appoint from the group of names submitted by the adjutant
general and reserve officers association two representatives and from
each of the other organizations one representative to serve as a
member of the commission, unless the appointments would conflict with
the bipartisan and gender balance provisions of sections 69.16 and
69.16A. In addition, the governor shall appoint one member of the
public, knowledgeable in the general field of veterans affairs, to
serve on the commission. Section History: Early Form
[C31, § 446-c1; C35, § 467-f42; C39, § 467.44; C46, 50, §
29.44; C54, 58, 62, § 29.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 29A.12; C79, 81,
§ 35A.2; 81 Acts, ch 33, § 1] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1705, 1706; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 8; 95 Acts, ch
67, §6; 95 Acts, ch 161, §1, 2; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §222, 287; 2007
Acts, ch 202, §2
Referred to in § 7E.5, 35A.1, 35A.12, 35D.1
Confirmation, see § 2.32