GEORGIA STATUTES AND CODES
               		§ 38-4-1 - Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board --  Created; commissioner; officers; appointment; Senate confirmation; term;  duties
               		
               		
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	
               	 	
               	 		
O.C.G.A.    38-4-1   (2010)
    38-4-1.    Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board --  Created; commissioner; officers; appointment; Senate confirmation; term;  duties 
      (a)  There is  created within the state government a Department of Veterans Service.  The Department of Veterans Service shall be administered by a  commissioner of veterans service and a Veterans Service Board comprised  of seven members appointed by the Governor. The commissioner of veterans  service shall be the executive officer of the department and shall be  charged with the administrative responsibilities of the department in  conformity with the orders, rules, and regulations of the Veterans  Service Board. The original appointments of the members of the board  shall be for terms of one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven years,  respectively. Except in cases of vacancy, all terms and appointments of  members of the Veterans Service Board after the original appointments  shall be for seven years. No person shall be appointed to the Veterans  Service Board and no person shall be eligible for the office of  commissioner of veterans service except persons who have honorably  served not less than three months in the armed services of the United  States during a war in which the United States was engaged. All persons  serving as members of the board or as commissioner under the terms of  this article shall be residents of this state for a period of five years  unless they were residents of this state at the time they volunteered,  enlisted, or were inducted in the armed services of the United States.  There shall be a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary of the Veterans  Service Board annually elected from among its own membership.
(b)  The  members of the Veterans Service Board shall be confirmed by the Senate.  All members of the board and the commissioner of veterans service shall  hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any  appointment of a member of the board for a full term made when the  Senate is not in session shall be effective only until the same is acted  upon by the Senate.
(c)  As used in this article, the term "commissioner" shall mean the "commissioner of veterans service."
               	 	
               	 	
               	 	               	 	
               	 	               	 	               	  
               	 
               	 
               	 
               	 
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