74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 524
 
                         House Bill 2158
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Veterans' Affairs)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Modifies role of Advisory Committee to Director of Veterans'
Affairs.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Advisory Committee to Director of Veterans' Affairs;
  amending ORS 406.310 and 406.330.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 406.310 is amended to read:
  406.310. From funds available to the office of the Director of
Veterans' Affairs for this purpose, the director, with   { - the
approval of - }   { + advice from + } the Advisory Committee, is
authorized to aid war veterans' organizations that have been
accredited by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
and counties of the state, in connection with their respective
programs of service to war veterans.
  SECTION 2. ORS 406.330 is amended to read:
  406.330. The Director of Veterans' Affairs, with   { - the
consent and approval of - }   { + advice from + } the Advisory
Committee, may adopt such procedural rules and regulations as the
director deems advisable in making distribution of funds under
ORS 406.310. The director shall also establish a general and
uniform policy to be followed by the various organizations and
counties in carrying out the work to which the state contributes
aid under ORS 406.310. In establishing such policy the director
shall give primary consideration to the rehabilitation of the
greatest possible number of war veterans in Oregon. To that end
the director shall eliminate, insofar as possible, a duplication
of effort and inefficient expenditure of money.
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