MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Veterans and Military Affairs; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Furniss, Johnson (19th), Gollott, Hamilton, Harvey, Rayborn, White (29th)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 35-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 35-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

35-1-3. The State Veterans Affairs Board shall appoint, to serve at the will and pleasure of the board, and who will be subject to a biennial personnel performance review every two (2) years, an executive director (who shall also serve as Executive Secretary of the State Veterans Affairs Board), a deputy director and * * * division directors * * *. The executive director and deputy director * * * shall be honorably discharged or honorably released veterans of * * * the Armed Forces of the United States * * *. The board may establish additional minimum qualifications for agency positions.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.