35A.2 Commission of veterans affairs.
1. A commission of veterans affairs is created consisting of eleven persons who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. Members shall be appointed to staggered terms of four years beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19. The governor shall fill a vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. In addition to the members appointed by the governor, the director of the department and the commandant of the Iowa veterans home shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission.
2. Ten commissioners shall be honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the United States. The American legion of Iowa, disabled American veterans department of Iowa, veterans of foreign wars department of Iowa, American veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, the Vietnam veterans of America, the military order of the purple heart, the paralyzed veterans of America, and the Iowa association of county commissioners and veteran service officers, through their department commanders, shall submit two names respectively from their organizations to the governor. The adjutant general and the Iowa affiliate of the reserve officers association shall submit names to the governor of persons to represent the Iowa national guard and the association. The governor shall appoint from the group of names submitted by the adjutant general and reserve officers association two representatives and from each of the other organizations one representative to serve as a member of the commission, unless the appointments would conflict with the bipartisan and gender balance provisions of sections 69.16 and 69.16A. In addition, the governor shall appoint one member of the public, knowledgeable in the general field of veterans affairs, to serve on the commission.
3. a. The commissioners are entitled to receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of official duties. Each member of the commission may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.
b. The executive director, commandant, and employees of the department and the Iowa veterans home are entitled to receive, in addition to salary, reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of official duties.
c. All out-of-state travel by commissioners shall be approved by the chairperson of the commission.
[C31, §446-c1; C35, §467-f42; C39, §467.44; C46, 50, §29.44; C54, 58, 62, §29.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §29A.12; C79, 81, §35A.2; 81 Acts, ch 33, §1]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1705, 1706; 92 Acts, ch 1140, §8; 95 Acts, ch 67, §6; 95 Acts, ch 161, §1, 2; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §222, 287; 2007 Acts, ch 202, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 1059, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1064, §1
Referred to in §7E.5, 35A.1, 35A.12, 35D.1, 35D.14
Confirmation, see §2.32
Structure Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 35A - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Section 35A.2 - Commission of veterans affairs.
Section 35A.3 - Duties of the commission.
Section 35A.4 - Department established.
Section 35A.5 - Duties of the department.
Section 35A.8 - Executive director — term — duties.
Section 35A.8A - Vietnam Conflict veterans bonus — limited residency requirement — appropriation.
Section 35A.9 - Expenses and compensation.
Section 35A.10 - Multiyear construction program — construction, repair, and improvement projects.
Section 35A.11 - Veterans license fee fund.
Section 35A.12 - Military honor guard services.
Section 35A.13 - Veterans trust fund.
Section 35A.14 - Injured veterans grant program.
Section 35A.15 - Home ownership assistance program.
Section 35A.16 - County commissions of veteran affairs fund — appropriation.
Section 35A.17 - County commission of veteran affairs training program.
Section 35A.18 - Presentation of flags.
Section 35A.19 - War orphans educational assistance fund.
Section 35A.20 - Expenditure by department.