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-J- <br />The commissioner of veterans affairs shall have charge ol activities as provided in this section, and may employ assistants and incur other expenses as may be necessary for the administration of the state soldiers’ welfare fund and carrying out the provisions <br />of sections 197.01 to 197,07, No expense shall be incurred under the provisions of sec­ <br />tions 197.01 to 197.0Ain excess of the moneys available to the state soldiers’ welfare <br />fund. <br />The duties and poweXof the commissioner of veterans affairs, in addition to those <br />provided elsewhere by law^shall be to: <br />(1) Administer the state\oldiers* welfare fund; <br />(2) Cooperate with national state, county, municipal and private social agencies <br />in securing to former soldiers an^their dependents the benefits provided by national, <br />state, and county laws, municipaPordinances, or public and private social agencies; <br />(3) Establish and provide assisumce to a former soldier who is in need of hospital­ <br />ization but unable to accept it becau^ the acceptanc^would imperil the soldier’s cur­ <br />rent employment in order to insure employment after hospiu ’ization; <br />(4) Provide necessary assistance wwre otheradequate aid is not available to the <br />dependent family of a former soldier whi)e the.soldier is being hospitalized and after­ <br />wards during such period as is necessary; <br />(5) Cooperate with United States government agencies providing compensation, <br />pensions, insurance or other benefits provided^ by federal law, by supplementing the <br />benefits prescribed by federal law, when exceptional conditions in an individual case <br />make it necessary; and y \ <br />(6) Establish and provide employment, placerri'ent, and advisement service for dis­ <br />abled veterans as cannot be furnished by cooperation with other free public employ­ <br />ment agencies. , <br />History: (4604) 1923 c 436 s 6: 1925 c 88: 1929 c 327: 1980 c 414 s 5: 1986 c 444 <br />197.07 SOLDIERS’ WELFARE FUND DEPOSITED IN ST.4TE TREASURY. <br />The soldiers’ welfare fund shall be deposited in the state treasury and paid out only <br />in such vouchers as may be authorized and approved by the commissioner of veterans <br />affairs in the same manner and under the same restrictions as arenow provided by law <br />for the disbursement of funds by the commissioner. \ <br />msiorr. (4605) 1923 c 436 s 7; 1986 c 444 <br />•T/A 'V. ^ • .1' <br />197.09:A[Re^eVl983 c 335 s 3] ' <br />MO/; - <br />• r; * > > <br />197.KK. „[Rep^ed,.1983 c 335 s 3]. <br />197Jri [Rep^ed, 1983 c 335 s 3] <br />197:12 <br />mm • * • * • *• # • <br />[Obsolete];: “ r; ~ £ .T.r. i. <br />[Repealed <br />. r ••• <br />197.131 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF BIG ISLAND 'VETERANS CA.MP. <br />' Subdivision 1. Creation and meml^rship. The board of governors of the Big Island <br />Veterans Camp - Lake Minnetonka supervises and manages the camp. The board con- ' <br />sists of eight members. Two members each are appointed by the state level organization <br />of the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the Milit:iry Order of the <br />Purple Heart, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars provided that at least two appointees <br />are Vietnam veterans. The commissioner of veterans affairs or the commissioner’s des­ <br />ignee may attend and participate in an advisory capacity at any of the board meetings. ‘ <br />The term of each member of the board is two years or until the appointment and quali-' <br />fication of a successor. The board selects a chair and secretary from its membership who <br />5gj-ye terms of one year.'-*0 <br />* ' Subd. -2. Vacancies and removal. A member of the board may be removed at any ‘ <br />time by the organization appointing that member. Also, by written notice to the' <br />i •V