MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Veterans and Military Affairs

By: Senator(s) Furniss

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 35-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ELIMINATE THE BIENNIAL PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD SHALL APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO MANAGE EACH OF THE AGENCY'S MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS AND INDIVIDUALS TO MANAGE EACH OF THE STATE VETERANS HOMES; 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, * * * an executive director, (who shall also serve as Executive Secretary of the State Veterans Affairs Board), a deputy director, individuals to manage each of the agency's major functional areas and individuals to manage each of the state veterans homes. 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, 2001.