# Title 86 — Veterans' Affairs, Administrative Committee on [Not an Administrative Agency]

## Article 86-01 — General Administration

## Chapter 86-01-01 — Organization of Committee

### § 86-01-01-01. Organization of administrative committee on veterans' affairs.

1. Administrative committee on veterans' affairs. The committee consists of fifteen voting
members and four ex officio nonvoting members. The voting members are appointed by the
governor for staggered terms from nominees submitted by the American legion, the veterans
of foreign wars, the disabled American veterans, veterans of world war II, Korea, and Vietnam
(amvets), and Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), incorporated. Ex officio members are the
adjutant general, the center director of the veterans' administration, and the executive director
of job service North Dakota. The committee is in charge of the supervision, government, and
implementation of programs or services provided by the veterans' home and the department
of veterans' affairs.
2. Department of veterans' affairs. The department was established by the 1945 legislative
assembly. Prior to that it had been known as the office of the veterans' service commissioner
which was established in 1927. The board of county commissioners of each county in the
state may appoint, employ, and pay on a full-time basis a veteran known as a county veterans
service officer. Such appointment must be made with the prior advice of the commissioner of
veterans' affairs and in accordance with veterans preference as provided by state statute. The
department of veterans' affairs supervising and cooperating with the county service officers
shall assist in providing all veterans and their dependents in obtaining all benefits to which
they may be entitled to from the veterans administration, the state of North Dakota, and allied
agencies. A loan program is also administered by the department of veterans' affairs to give
financial assistance to veterans as defined in state statute as a "veteran". The department is
under the supervision of a commissioner who is appointed by the administrative committee on
veterans' affairs.
3. Veterans' home. The veterans' home, located at Lisbon, North Dakota, admitted its first
veteran in August 1893. The purpose of the home is to provide domiciliary care for honorable
discharged members of the armed forces, their spouses, and surviving spouses. The home is
under the supervision of a commandant who is appointed by the administrative committee on
veterans' affairs.
4. Inquiries. Assistance or inquiries relating to veterans' benefits or the veterans' home may be
addressed as follows:
Ray Harkema, Commissioner
North Dakota Department of Veterans' Affairs
1411 32nd Street South
P.O. Box 9003
Fargo, North Dakota 58106-9003
or
Mr. Mark B. Johnson

Administrator
North Dakota Veterans' Home
P.O. Box 673
Lisbon, North Dakota 58054
History: Amended effective November 1, 1985; April 1, 1988; February 1, 1993; April 1, 1994.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02.1
