Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 179 - Veterans service field office manager; armed service requirement

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 38-4-9

1. Birdsong  123rd        2. Smith  175th            3. Roberts  162nd
4. Bargeron  120th        5. Purcell  9th            6. Mann  5th


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              1/12/95  Read 1st Time                                                                
              1/13/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
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Code Sections amended: 38-4-9                                                                       


HB 179                                            LC 10 0980






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of
  1- 3  Veterans Service, so as to provide that no person shall be
  1- 4  appointed to or employed in the position of a veterans
  1- 5  service field office manager unless such person has served
  1- 6  in the armed services of the United States during a war or
  1- 7  conflict in which the United States was engaged; to repeal
  1- 8  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                        SECTION  1.

  1-10  Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 38 of the Official Code of
  1-11  Georgia Annotated, relating to the Department of Veterans
  1-12  Service, is amended by striking in its entirety Code Section
  1-13  38-4-9, relating to the employment of personnel within the
  1-14  Department of Veterans Service, and inserting in lieu
  1-15  thereof a new Code Section 38-4-9 to read as follows:

  1-16    "38-4-9. (Index)

  1-17    (a) The commissioner of veterans service is authorized and
  1-18    directed to employ competent personnel to assist in the
  1-19    administration of the Department of Veterans Service. The
  1-20    commissioner shall give reasonable preference to veterans,
  1-21    their surviving spouses, and dependents in the matter of
  1-22    employment in the department; provided, however, that
  1-23    competency and efficiency shall not be sacrificed because
  1-24    of veteran affiliation, relationship, or service. It shall
  1-25    be the duty of the commissioner to advise the Governor,
  1-26    the Veterans Service Board, and the General Assembly as to
  1-27    needed veterans' legislation. As executive officer, the
  1-28    commissioner shall have exclusive authority to employ
  1-29    personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of this
  1-30    article and shall define the duties of employees, assign
  1-31    their official stations, and fix their compensation
  1-32    subject to the state merit system.




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                                                  LC 10 0980

  2- 1    (b) No person shall be appointed to or employed in the
  2- 2    position of a veterans service field office manager unless
  2- 3    such person has served in the armed services of the United
  2- 4    States during a war or conflict in which the United States
  2- 5    was engaged."

                        SECTION  2.

  2- 6  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 7  repealed.







































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