<br><br>40.150 Board of review -- Appointment -- Only three members to act in any matter <br>-- Compensation -- Dissolution. <br>(1) There shall be a board of review consisting of nine (9) persons who are residents <br>and qualified voters of the Commonwealth, appointed by the Governor without <br>limitation as to political affiliation, religion, race, sex, or past or present service in <br>the Armed Forces, except that six (6) members of this board shall be veterans. The <br>name of said board shall be "The Kentucky Veterans' Bonus Board of Review." The <br>Governor shall designate a chairman and a secretary from among the membership. <br>(2) Three (3) members and no more shall constitute a board of review, and shall by <br>concurrence of two (2) members decide any claim which comes before the board in <br>the manner provided in this chapter. The chairman of the board shall designate three <br>(3) members to consider and decide each claim, having due regard for availability <br>for service so that delay may be avoided. <br>(3) (a) Members of the board shall be compensated twenty-five dollars ($25) per <br>diem, but only for actual time served in considering and deciding claims for <br>veterans' bonus pursuant to designation by the Governor. <br>(b) All members of the board shall be reimbursed for necessary travel to and from <br>their places of residence, and in performance of duties pursuant to assignment, <br>at the rate of eight cents ($0.08) per mile. <br>(4) Each claim coming before the board shall promptly be considered and decided by <br>the three (3) members designated for that purpose. In every case the board shall <br>either (a) affirm the decision of the administrator, or (b) determine that a veterans' <br>bonus should be paid, and to what persons and in what amounts. No written <br>opinions or recitations of reasons for any decision need be made. A statement of the <br>decision made shall be signed by at least two (2) of the three (3) members <br>designated to decide the claim; and upon concurrence of two (2) members a <br>decision shall be final and not subject to reconsideration. <br>(5) The Governor shall, upon notification by the administrator that the last notice of a <br>disapproval claim has been mailed, notify the chairman of the board of review that <br>it shall complete its work within sixty (60) calendar days from date of notification. <br>On the sixtieth day the Governor shall thereupon declare that the board of review is <br>dissolved and shall so notify the members, and the functions and duties of the board <br>shall be deemed to have been fully performed. <br>History: Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 2. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 15, <br>sec. 15. <br><br>