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H0412........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
Requested by: Division of Veterans Services
VETERANS HOMES - Amends existing law to provide that administrators of
veterans homes shall be considered nonclassified exempt employees of the
state of Idaho and shall serve at the pleasure of the administrator of the
Division of Veterans Services.
01/07 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
01/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/18 3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-0-8
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark,
Collins, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Loertscher,
Mader, Martinez, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle,
Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smith(33), Smylie, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wood, Young, Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Kellogg, Pischner, Ridinger, Shepherd,
Smith(23), Stevenson, Wheeler
Floor Sponsor - Block
Title apvd - to Senate
01/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
02/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-0-5
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes,
Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Little, Lodge,
Noh, Richardson, Risch(Risch), Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Frasure, Goedde, Marley, Sandy, Williams
Floor Sponsor - Lodge
Title apvd - to House
02/22 To enrol
02/25 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
02/26 Pres signed
02/27 To Governor
03/04 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 54
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 412 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Division of Veterans Services 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO VETERANS SERVICES AND AFFAIRS; AMENDING SECTION 65-202, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN ADMINISTRATORS SHALL BE CONSIDERED NONCLAS- 4 SIFIED EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF IDAHO AND SHALL SERVE AT THE 5 PLEASURE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS SERVICES. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 65-202, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 65-202. POWERS AND DUTIES. The administrator of the division of veterans 10 services shall have full power and authority on behalf of the state of Idaho, 11 in recognition of the services rendered by veterans of the armed forces of the 12 United States, to oversee the management and operation of the veterans homes 13 in the state and the state veterans cemetery, and provide such care to vet- 14 erans of the armed forces of the United States. Further, the administrator 15 shall extend financial relief and assistance to disabled or destitute wartime 16 veterans and to those dependent upon such disabled or destitute wartime vet- 17 erans as the commission shall determine to be reasonably required under such 18 rules as the administrator may, from time to time, adopt. The administrator is 19 further authorized to collect benefits paid by the United States department of 20 veterans affairs for burial and plot allowance for persons interred at the 21 state veterans cemetery and directed to cause such benefits to be deposited in 22 the veterans cemetery maintenance fund established in section 65-107, Idaho 23 Code. 24 With the approval of the commission, the administrator may prescribe the 25 qualifications of all personnel on a nonpartisan merit basis in accordance 26 with the Idaho personnel system law for employment of personnel in the divi- 27 sion of veterans services. The administrators in charge of state veterans 28 homes and the office of veterans advocacy shall be considered nonclassified 29 exempt employees pursuant to the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho 30 Code, and shall serve at the pleasure of the administrator of the division of 31 veterans services.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11472
The purpose of this proposed legislation is to amend Idaho Code 65- 202
making Veterans Home administrators and Office of Veterans Advocacy program
supervisors exempt employees. During the 2000 legislative session when the
Division of Veterans Services became a Self-Governing Agency, language was
omitted from the bill, which resulted in a reclassification of the State
Veterans Home administrators from exempt to classified employees. This
proposed legislation would return them to their former status as exempt
employees who serve at the will of the Division Administrator and change the
Office of Veterans Advocacy program supervisor to an exempt position as well.
FISCAL IMPACT
Cost savings in overtime hours may be realized by changing the Office of
Veterans Advocacy program supervisor from a classified to an exempt position.
No adverse fiscal impact is anticipated.
CONTACT
Name: Richard W. Jones
Agency: Veteran Services
Phone: 334-3513
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