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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 - 2006
IN 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