An Act To Establish the Maine Veterans Coordinating Committee
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0804
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: DEVIN, GERZOFSKY, GOLDEN, HANINGTON, KINNEY, LONGSTAFF, SAUCIER, SCHNECK

Legislative Document 
No. 804 
H.P. 553 
House of Representatives, March 10, 2015 
An Act To Establish the Maine Veterans Coordinating Committee 
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative DEVIN of Newcastle. 
Cosponsored by Senator GERZOFSKY of Cumberland and 
Representatives: GOLDEN of Lewiston, HANINGTON of Lincoln, KINNEY of Limington, 
LONGSTAFF of Waterville, SAUCIER of Presque Isle, SCHNECK of Bangor. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  Establishment.  The Maine Veterans Coordinating Committee is 
established as a nonprofit, nonpartisan and nonsectarian organization for the purpose of 
serving the State's congressional delegation, the Legislature, local governments and the 
general public as a clearinghouse of information and suggested legislation regarding 
veterans' issues at local, state and federal levels. 
Sec. 2.  Definitions.  As used in this Act, the following terms have the following 
meanings unless otherwise indicated. 
1.  "Committee" means the Maine Veterans Coordinating Committee. 
2.  "Member organization" means any veterans' organization, including any auxiliary 
unit or society of or trust or foundation for a veterans' organization, in the State qualifying 
as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(19) of the United States Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
Sec. 3.  Composition.  The committee is composed of: 
1.  Five delegates from each member organization participating in the committee.  
Each member organization shall appoint an alternate for each delegate; 
2.  The Director of the Bureau of Veterans' Services within the Department of 
Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management or a designee; and 
3.  The administrator of the Maine Veterans' Home or a designee. 
The committee may invite the participation of the Center Director at VA Maine 
Healthcare System within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 
The commander, president or senior officer of a member organization who is present 
may appoint an acting delegate to replace an absent delegate if an alternate is not present 
at any meeting of the committee. 
Sec. 4.  Duties.  The committee shall: 
1.  Adopt bylaws to govern its doings, including bylaws concerning member 
organization dues and voting; 
2.  Appoint officers, including a chair, a first vice-chair, a 2nd vice-chair, a secretary, 
a treasurer, a chaplain, a judge advocate and directors, and appoint members to standing 
committees, which must include an executive board and a budget committee.  Officers 
and members of standing committees serve 2-year terms and must be appointed in 
October on even-numbered years; 
3.  Meet monthly from October through June; and 
4.  Serve as a clearinghouse of information and suggested legislation regarding 
veterans' issues at local, state and federal levels. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes the Maine Veterans Coordinating Committee to serve as a 
clearinghouse of information and suggested legislation regarding veterans' issues at the 
local, state and federal levels.