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8110/AP
House
Bill 438 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Yates of the
73rd,
Lakly of the
72nd,
Freeman of the
140th,
Warren of the
122nd,
and Thomas of the
100th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 38-4-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
the powers of the Department of Veterans Service and the Veterans Service Board
and the appointment of the administrator and director of the Georgia War
Veterans Nursing Homes, so as to change the method of appointment of the
executive directors of the
veteranś
homes; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 38-4-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers
of the Department of Veterans Service and the Veterans Service Board and the
appointment of the administrator and director of the Georgia War Veterans
Nursing Homes, is amended by striking in its entirety subsection (b) and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(b)(1)
The
administrator
executive
director of the Georgia War Veterans
Nursing Home in Augusta, Georgia, shall be appointed by
the
commissioner of veterans service upon the recommendation
of the president of the Medical College of
Georgia or
his appointed designee, subject to the
approval of the Veterans Service Board.
(2)
The
executive
director of the Georgia State War
Veteranś
Home in Milledgeville, Georgia, shall be appointed by the
superintendent
of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville,
Georgia,
commissioner
of veterans service upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer of
the contractor operator of the home
subject to the approval of the Veterans Service
Board."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.