AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-18.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
37-18.1-01. Administrative committee on veterans' affairs - Membership - Appointment. There is hereby created an administrative committee on veterans' affairs, which, for purposes of this chapter, shall hereinafter be referred to as the committee. The committee shall consist of four ex officio nonvoting members and fifteen voting members. The adjutant general, the center director of the veterans' administration, the executive director of job service North Dakota, and the director of institutions shall be the ex officio nonvoting members who shall serve in an advisory capacity to the committee. On or before June 20, 1971, the American legion, the veterans of foreign wars, the disabled American veterans, the veterans of world war II, Korea, Vietnam, (amvets), and Vietnam veterans' of America, incorporated, shall each prepare a list containing the names of six persons qualifying as veterans under the provisions of section 37-91-40, for appointment as voting members of the committee. On or before July 1, 1971, the governor shall select fifteen nominees, three from each list, five of whom shall be appointed to a term of three years, five of whom shall be appointed to a term of two years, and five of whom shall be appointed to a term of one year, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. On or before the twentieth day of June in each year, beginning in the year 1972, each of the above-listed nominating organizations shall submit a list containing the names of two persons who qualify as veterans under the provisions of section 37-01-40, to the governor for appointment or reappointment as voting members of the committee. On or before the first day of July in each year, beginning in the year 1972, the governor shall select one nominee from each list, a total of five nominees, to fill expiring terms of voting members of the committee. Each such appointment shall be for a term of three years, or until a successor is appointed and qualified. All terms shall begin on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth fay of June in the year specified. In case of the inability or failure of any voting member of the committee to serve, the governor shall appoint another member from a list of two persons qualifying as veterans under the provisions of section 37-01-40, submitted by the nominating organization represented by the member who was unable or failed to serve. Such appointments shall be made for the remainder of the unexpired term.