2011 Vermont Code
Title 20 Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 87 VERMONT VETERANS' HOME
§ 1713 Vermont veterans' home board of trustees
§ 1713. Vermont veterans' home board of trustees
(a) The Vermont veterans' home is governed by the Vermont veterans' home board of trustees.
(b) The board shall consist of 20 members, 15 of whom shall be veterans who have been honorably discharged from any branch of the United States armed services, to be appointed by the governor for staggered terms of three years. Each trustee shall serve until a successor has been appointed. In the event a trustee vacates the board, is unable to serve, or is removed for cause, the governor shall appoint another trustee to serve the unexpired term of the departing trustee.
(c) The board shall annually elect a president, a vice president, and a secretary from among its members. Eleven members shall constitute a quorum at all meetings; provided, however, if there is a vacancy on the board, the number of trustees constituting a quorum shall be one more than one-half the number of appointed trustees.
(d) Pursuant to 32 V.S.A. { 1010, trustees who are not state employees shall be entitled to per diem and reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with performing their duties under this chapter. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), { 79, eff. June 8, 2004.)
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