§ 22-7.8-1 Permanent committee –
Composition. –
There is created a permanent joint committee of the general assembly on
veterans' affairs to consist of fifteen (15) members of the general assembly,
eight (8) of whom shall be from the house of representatives to be appointed by
the speaker, not more than five (5) of whom shall be from the same political
party; seven (7) of whom shall be from the senate to be appointed by the
president of the senate, not more than five (5) of whom shall be from the same
political party. Vacancies shall be filled in like manner as the original
appointments. The members of the joint committee on veterans' affairs shall
serve so long as they shall remain members of the house from which they were
appointed and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. The
chairpersonship of the committee shall alternate biennially from the senate to
the house.
(P.L. 1986, ch. 472, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 30; P.L. 2002, ch.
292, § 69.)