Section 37.10. Qualification — appointment.

  1.  Each commissioner, except for a memorial hospital commissioner, shall be a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, and be a resident of the county in which the memorial hall or monument is located. Each commissioner for a memorial hospital shall be a resident of this state and reside within the memorial hospital’s service area.

  2.  Each commission member shall be appointed by the mayor with approval of the council or by the chairperson of the county board of supervisors in the case of a county or joint memorial building or monument.

[C97, §436; C24, 27, 32, 35, 39, §492; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §37.10]

89 Acts, ch 296, §10

; 96 Acts, ch 1216, §28

; 99 Acts, ch 36, §2

; 99 Acts, ch 180, §13

; 99 Acts, ch 208, §47

; 2012 Acts, ch 1084, §1