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AL SB544
Bill
Status
4/19/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jimmy Holley
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AI Summary
SB544 Summary
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Amends Section 31-5-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand organizations eligible to nominate members to the State Board of Veterans' Affairs.
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Adds three new organizations to the nominating list: American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., and Noncommissioned Officers Association, Inc.
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Board representation remains based on membership ratios, with one representative per 7,500 resident members and one additional representative for each additional 7,500 members.
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Each organization must nominate three veterans for each available board position, including proportional representation of veterans from all wars in the organization's membership.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Veterans' Affairs, State Department of, veterans organizations making nominations, Gold Star Mothers, Gold Stars Wives, and the Noncommissioned Officers Association, Inc., added to nominating organizations, Sec. 31-5-3 am'd.
Veterans' Affairs, State Department of
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
4/19/2012