CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6086

 

                    Chapter 35, Laws of 1992

 

                               

 

 

                        52nd Legislature

                      1992 Regular Session

 

 

        VETERANS AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE--MEMBERSHIP

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/11/92

Passed by the Senate March 7, 1992  Yeas 47   Nays 0

 

 

 

               JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 3, 1992

  Yeas 96   Nays 0

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6086 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

                   JOE KING

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

             GORDON A. GOLOB

                                 Secretary

 

 

Approved March 26, 1992 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                  FILED

 

March 26, 1992 - 11:11 a.m.              

         

 

 

               BOOTH GARDNER

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington


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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6086

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                              AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

                     Passed Legislature - 1992 Regular Session

 

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin, M. Kreidler, Oke and Bauer; by request of Department of Veterans Affairs)

 

Read first time 02/03/92.Changing provisions relating to the veterans affairs advisory committee.


     AN ACT Relating to the advisory committee of the department of veterans affairs; and amending RCW 43.60A.080.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 43.60A.080 and 1987 c 59 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) There is hereby created a ((state)) veterans affairs advisory committee which shall serve in an advisory capacity to the governor and the director of the department of veterans affairs.  The committee shall be composed of ((fifteen)) seventeen members to be appointed by the governor, and shall consist of ((two veterans at large, one of whom shall be a Vietnam era veteran; one representative of the Washington soldiers' home and colony at Orting; one representative of the Washington veterans' home at Retsil; and one representative of each of the following congressionally chartered veterans organizations:  American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Marine Corps League, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Incorporated, American Ex-prisoners of War, Veterans of World War I, Gold Star Mothers, and the Vietnam Veterans of America, Incorporated.  The eleven members representing each of the foregoing organizations shall each be chosen from three names submitted to the governor by each of the named organizations.  The first members of the committee shall hold office as follows:  Three members to serve two years; three members to serve three years; and three members to serve four years.  The first members appointed to represent the soldiers' home and colony at Orting and the veterans' home at Retsil shall hold office for four years.  Upon expiration of said original terms, subsequent appointments shall be for four years except in the case of a vacancy, in which event appointment shall be only for the remainder of the unexpired term for which the vacancy occurs.  No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

     (2))) the following:

     (a) One representative of the Washington soldiers' home and colony at Orting and one representative of the Washington veterans' home at Retsil.  Each home's residents council may nominate up to three individuals whose names are to be forwarded by the director to the governor.  In making the appointments, the governor shall consider these recommendations or request additional nominations.

     (b) One representative each from the three congressionally chartered veterans organizations with the largest number of active members in the state of Washington as determined by the director.  The organizations' state commanders may each submit a list of three names to be forwarded to the governor by the director.  In making the appointments, the governor shall consider these recommendations or request additional nominations.

     (c) Ten members shall be chosen to represent those congressionally chartered veterans organizations having at least one active chapter within the state of Washington.  Up to three nominations may be forwarded from each organization to the governor by the director.  In making the appointments, the governor shall consider these recommendations or request additional nominations.

     (d) Two members shall be veterans at large.  Any individual or organization may nominate a veteran for an at-large position.  Organizational affiliation shall not be a prerequisite for nomination or appointment.  All nominations for the at-large positions shall be forwarded by the director to the governor.

     (e) No organization shall have more than one official representative on the committee at any one time.

     (f) In making appointments to the committee, care shall be taken to ensure that members represent the geographical portions of the state and minority viewpoints, and that the issues and views of concern to women veterans are represented.

     (2) All members shall have terms of four years.  In the case of a vacancy, appointment shall be only for the remainder of the unexpired term for which the vacancy occurs.  No member may serve more than two consecutive terms, with vacancy appointments to an unexpired term not considered as a term.  Members appointed before the effective date of this act shall continue to serve until the expiration of their current terms; and then, subject to the conditions contained in this section, are eligible for reappointment.

     (3) The committee shall adopt an order of business for conducting its meetings.

     (4) The ((state advisory)) committee shall have the following powers and duties:

     (a) To serve in an advisory capacity to the governor and the director on ((all)) matters pertaining to the department of veterans affairs;

     (b) To acquaint themselves fully with the operations of the department and recommend such changes to the governor and the director as they deem advisable.

     (((3))) (5) Members of the ((state advisory)) committee shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties but shall receive a per diem allowance and mileage expense according to the provisions of chapter 43.03 RCW.


     Passed the Senate March 7, 1992.

     Passed the House March 3, 1992.

Approved by the Governor March 26, 1992.

     Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 26, 1992.