10103777D
HOUSE BILL NO. 469
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 12, 2010
A BILL to amend and reenact §2.2-2708 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the War Memorial Foundation; inclusion in Virginia War
Memorial.
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Patrons-- Watts, Abbott, Alexander, BaCote, Brink, Bulova, Carr, Englin,
Herring, Hope, Johnson, Miller, P.J., Morrissey, Plum, Sickles, Surovell,
Toscano and Ward
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §2.2-2708 of the Code of Virginia is amended
and reenacted as follows:
§2.2-2708. Names of Virginians "Missing in Action";
ownership of War Memorial.
A. The In addition to the names and
homes of record designation of all
Virginians "Missing In Action" as a result of the Vietnam War and all
Virginians "Killed in Action" as a result of the Persian Gulf
Conflict shall be placed in the Virginia War Memorial engraved on the Virginia War Memorial as of
January 1, 2010, the names and homes of record of United States Army, United
States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine, United
States Merchant Marine, United States Navy, Virginia National Guard, and
Reserve service members from the Commonwealth of Virginia who died in a
Department of Defense-designated
combat area under honorable conditions or who are "Missing In Action" and
presumed dead shall be so engraved if (i) the death occurred since July 1, 1990, and (ii) the qualifying deceased service member listed Virginia as his home of record as defined by the Department of Defense or as his legal residence. The Foundation Board of Trustees may consider petitions to add
the names and homes of record of service members killed in a Department of
Defense-designated combat
area to the Memorial starting with World War II. The decision of the Board of
Trustees shall be final in all
cases.
B. The Virginia War Memorial, its grounds, all its contents,
furnishings, funds, endowments, and other property, now owned or hereafter
acquired, are and shall remain property of the Commonwealth.
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