Title 19-veterans' commission duties.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0043

ENROLLED ACT NO. 23, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
military affairs
; specifying duties of the veterans' commission; requi
ring the promulgation of rules;
authorizing the employment of a
veterans' commission
director and staff;
renumbering
related
statutes;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section
1
.

W.S. 19
‑
14
‑
107
(c)
(iii), (iv) and
by creating new paragraphs (v) through (xi)
is amended to read:

19
‑
14
‑
107.

Creation of veterans' commission; composition; terms.

(c)

The commission shall:

(iii)

Make recommendations to the legislature and to the governor concerning veterans;
and

(iv)

Adopt policies and procedures necessary to administer the veteran burial team account pursuant to W.S. 19
‑
14
‑
109
;
.

(v)

Prepare, maintain and distribute information
, by printed material or otherwise,
to educate Wyoming veterans
and their families
regarding
veteran
s
'
benefits
, healthcare and
disability claims
, pension claims
and other matters
relevant to
veteran status
;

(vi)

Provide oversight and administrative services for the operation of
any
ve
terans
'
cemetery
authorized by W.S. 19
‑
14
‑
108, including but not limited to establishing cemetery directo
r
s and advisory boards;

(vii)

Provide assistance to Wyoming veterans
and their families
for the filing and processing of
veteran
s
'
benefits,
veterans'
healthcare
benefits
and
U
nited
S
tates
Department of Veteran
s
Affairs
disability
and pension
claims
;

(
viii
)

Administer all vehicle licensing obligations required
of the commission
pursuant to
t
itle 31;

(
i
x)

Main
tain and administer the veteran
s
'
commission
expendable
trust fund pursuant to rules
and procedures which shall be
promulgated by the commission
and approved by the military department
;

(x)

To the extent the employment of a
n executive
director would aid in accomplishing the duties required by this section and benefit Wyoming veterans,
appoint or retain an executive
director
for such period, upon such terms and conditions and for such compensation as the commission may deem appropriate.
Any appointment shall be made with the approval of the adjutant general and the governor and shall be subject to the removal authority provided by W.S. 9
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1
‑
202.
An executive director may hire and supervise such other staff as may be authorized by the commission and shall be administratively suppor
ted by the military department;

(xi)

Perform such other and further tasks as are necessary to carry out the duties imposed by this section
or as required by the legislature.

Section
2
.
W.S. 19
‑
7
‑
107 is renumbered as 19
‑
14
‑
11
0
.

Section
3
.
This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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