844                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                              Ch. 285

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 286
(Senate Bill 361)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Veterans Commission—Advisory Committee

FOR the purpose of including the commander of Amvets as a
member of the advisory committee of the Maryland
Veterans Commission.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 96 1/2 - Veterans

Section 3

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1964 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3 of Article 96 1/2 - Veterans, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume
and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 96 1/2 - Veterans

3.

The Governor shall appoint a Commission to be known
as the "Maryland Veterans Commission," to be composed of
nine Maryland veterans, one of whom shall be designated
by the Secretary of [Employment and Social Services]
HUMAN RESOURCES as chairman. Each congressional district
shall be represented, and one member shall be an at—large
member. The Maryland Veterans Commission shall be part
of the State Department of [Employment and Social
Services.] HUMAN RESOURCES. Members shall be eligible for
reappointment to the Commission. All persons who are
members of the Commission as of August 31, 1970, shall
continue to serve as members until the expiration of the
terms to which they were appointed. All appointments to
the Commission shall be for seven—year terms. The
department commander of the American Legion, the
department commander of the Marine Corps League, the
department commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
department commander of the Disabled American Veterans,
the department commander of the Spanish-American War
Veterans, the department commander of the World War I
Veterans, the department commander of the Catholic War
Veterans, THE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER OF THE AMVETS and the