Bill Text: IA SF511 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the appointment and term of service of the commandant of the Iowa veterans home.(Formerly SSB 1097.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Veterans Affairs. S.J. 726. [SF511 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SF511-Introduced.html
Senate File 511 - Introduced SENATE FILE 511 BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1097) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the appointment and term of service of the 1 commandant of the Iowa veterans home. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2274SV (1) 89 dg/rn
S.F. 511 Section 1. Section 35D.13, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The governor shall appoint a commandant, subject to 3 senate confirmation, who shall serve at the pleasure of the 4 governor for a term of four years as the chief executive of 5 the home. A person appointed as commandant prior to July 6 1, 2021, shall not serve as commandant after July 1, 2021, 7 without having been reappointed by the governor and reconfirmed 8 by the senate. The commandant shall report directly to the 9 commission and shall have the immediate custody and control, 10 subject to the orders of the commission, of all property used 11 in connection with the home. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill relates to the appointment and term of service of 16 the commandant of the Iowa veterans home. 17 The bill sets a limit of four years for a person to serve as 18 commandant of the Iowa veterans home. 19 The bill prohibits any person appointed as commandant prior 20 to July 1, 2021, from serving as commandant after July 1, 21 2021, until that person is reappointed by the governor and 22 reconfirmed by the senate. 23 -1- LSB 2274SV (1) 89 dg/rn 1/ 1
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