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H0477......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS VETERANS - SERVICES - Amends existing law to transfer all rights, title and interest in real and personal property held by the Department of Health and Welfare for the purpose of providing services to veterans to the Division of Veterans Services in further compliance with the provisions of Chapter 59, Laws of 2000. 01/26 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 01/27 Rpt prt - to St Aff 02/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/09 3rd rdg - PASSED - 69-0-1 AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- Black Floor Sponsor - Eskridge Title apvd - to Senate 02/10 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff 02/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/02 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0 AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- None Floor Sponsor - Burtenshaw Title apvd - to House 03/03 To enrol 03/06 Rpt enrol - Sp signed 03/07 Pres signed 03/08 To Governor 03/11 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 33 Effective: 03/11/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 477 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS SERVICES; AMENDING SECTION 65-201, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO TRANSFER ALL RIGHTS, TITLE AND INTEREST IN REAL AND PERSONAL 4 PROPERTY HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF 5 PROVIDING SERVICES TO VETERANS TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS SERVICES IN 6 FURTHER COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 59, LAWS OF 2000; AND DECLARING AN EMER- 7 GENCY. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Section 65-201, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 65-201. DIVISION OF VETERANS SERVICES -- CREATION OF COMMISSION -- 12 APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS -- DISCONTINUANCE OF COMMISSION -- RECEIPT OF PROPERTY. 13 (1) There is hereby established in the department of self-governing agencies 14 the division of veterans services. The division shall be headed by an adminis- 15 trator who shall be appointed by the governor from a nomination list of eligi- 16 ble candidates for administrator submitted by the veterans affairs commission. 17 The administrator may be removed from office by the governor only with the 18 consent of the veterans affairs commission. 19 (2) There is hereby created an advisory commission to be known as the 20 Idaho veterans affairs commission to consist of five (5) persons, all of whom 21 shall be appointed by the governor of the state of Idaho. Said appointees 22 shall have had active service in any war or conflict officially engaged in by 23 the government of the United States and have been honorably discharged from 24 such service. No more than two (2) of said commission shall be residents of 25 the same judicial district of the state of Idaho. Upon the expiration of a 26 member's term, the subsequent appointment shall be made by the governor and 27 shall be for a term of three (3) years. Such subsequent terms shall expire on 28 the third Monday in January of the appropriate year. The governor shall have 29 power to fill any and all vacancies occurring in said commission. The governor 30 shall have the further full power to discontinue said commission by proclama- 31 tion whenever the governor determines that the government of the United 32 States, or the state of Idaho, shall have made adequate provision for the care 33 and assistance of honorably discharged and destitute veterans of the armed 34 forces. 35 (3) All rights, title and interest in property, real and personal, held 36 by the department of health and welfare for use in exercising the powers and 37 duties transferred to the division of veterans services by chapter 59, laws of 38 2000, are hereby transferred to and vested in the division of veterans ser- 39 vices. 40 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 41 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 42 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 15446 This bill corrects an oversight in the original legislation transferring the powers and duties concerning services to veterans from the Department of Health and Welfare to the Division of Veterans Services. The amended language allows the administrator of the Division of Veterans Services to exercise control over such property. FISCAL NOTE There is no impact to the General Fund. Contact Name: Representative George Eskridge Phone: (208) 332-1000 Name: Joseph Bleymaier, Veteran Services Phone: (208) 334-4796 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 477