Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 1924-A - Director of veterans' affairs.(a) Appointment.--The county commissioners of a county shall appoint an eligible person under 51 Pa.C.S. § 1731(a) (relating to accreditation) to serve as the director of veterans' affairs, who shall receive compensation as fixed by the salary board.(b)Responsibility of director.--It shall also be the duty of the director of veterans' affairs to: (1) Assist all veterans and their families in securing rights relating to their person, property and care of family under any of the laws of the United States and this Commonwealth.(2) Assist the county commissioners in administering the provisions of this subdivision which relate to the interment of deceased servicepersons and their surviving spouses and to furnishing flagholders and placing headstones on their graves.(3) Compile and maintain war records and records of interment sites of deceased servicepersons in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.(4) Perform other duties provided by statute, including, but not limited to, the duties required under 51 Pa.C.S. § 1731(c).(c)Compensation.--For services performed under subsection (b), the director of veterans' affairs shall be entitled to expenses incurred and additional compensation. Both expenses and compensation shall be subject to the approval of the salary board.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 154, § 70, eff. 12/24/2018.