KRS 40.560: Board of review -- Appointment -- Manner of deciding each claim --

Compensation -- Dissolution.

(1) There shall be a board of review consisting of nine (9) persons who are residents

and qualified voters of the Commonwealth, appointed by the Governor wi thout

limitation as to political affiliation, religion, race, sex, or past or present service in

the Armed Forces, except that six (6) members of this board shall be veterans. The

name of said board shall be "The Vietnam Veterans' Bonus Board of Review." T he

Governor shall designate a chairman and a secretary from among the membership.

(2) Three (3) members and no more shall constitute a board of review, and shall by

concurrence of two (2) members decide any claim which comes before the board in

the manner provided in KRS 40.520. The chairman of the board shall designate

three (3) members to consider and decide each claim, having due regard for

availability for service so that delay may be avoided.

(3) The chairman and secretary shall devote their full time to the affairs of the board

and shall receive compensation at the rate to be fixed in accordance with personnel

standards fixed by the commissioner of personnel until the functions of the board

are performed and the board is dissolved as hereinafter provid ed. Other members of

the board shall be compensated fifty dollars ($50) per diem, but only for actual time

served in considering and deciding claims for veterans' bonuses pursuant to

designation by the chairman. All members of the board shall be reimbursed for

necessary travel to and from their places of residence, and in performance of duties

pursuant to assignment, at the rate of eighteen cents ($0.18) per mile.

(4) Each claim coming before the board shall promptly be considered and decided by

the three ( 3) members designated for that purpose. In every case, the board shall

either affirm the decision of the administrator, or determine that a veterans' bonus

should be paid, and to what persons and in what amounts. No written opinions or

recitations of reaso ns for any decision need be made. A statement of the decision

made shall be signed by at least two (2) of the three (3) members designated to

decide the claim, and upon concurrence of two (2) members, a decision shall be

final and not subject to reconsideration.

(5) When, after the thirty -first day of January, 1992, the board of review shall have

decided all cases coming before it for decision, the chairman shall report such fact

to the Governor in writing. The Governor shall thereupon declare that the boar d of

review is dissolved, and shall so notify the members, and the functions and duties of

the board shall be deemed to have been fully performed.