AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that SB 76 be amended as follows:
On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
" Section 1. That § 33-16-4 be amended to read as follows:
33-16-4. There is a Veterans' Commission, consisting of six seven members to be appointed by
the Governor as follows:
(1) Four members at large;
(2) One member from a list of two persons nominated by the Department of South Dakota
American Legion;
(3) One member from a list of two persons nominated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department South Dakota; and
(4) One member from a list of two persons nominated by the Disabled American Veterans
Department of South Dakota.
Members of the commission shall be citizens of the United States and of South Dakota
, and shall
be veterans who have been discharged from the armed forces honorably or under honorable
conditions.
Annual
Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, any member of the commission on July 1,
2010, may complete the term to which the member was appointed. As a vacancy occurs, the
Governor shall appoint members from subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) before appointing members at
large. The appointments may include former or currently serving commission members. The
appointments shall be made for terms of six years. In the event of death or a vacancy on the
commission from any cause, a successor shall be appointed to fill out the unexpired term. The
commission members shall annually choose a chairman and vice-chairman chair and vice chair from
the commission membership. "