<br><br>40.560 Board of review -- Appointment -- Manner of deciding each claim -- <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 Vietnam 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 KRS 40.520. The chairman of the board shall designate <br>three (3) members to consider and decide each claim, having due regard for <br>availability for service so that delay may be avoided. <br>(3) The chairman and secretary shall devote their full time to the affairs of the board <br>and shall receive compensation at the rate to be fixed in accordance with personnel <br>standards fixed by the commissioner of personnel until the functions of the board <br>are performed and the board is dissolved as hereinafter provided. Other members of <br>the board shall be compensated fifty dollars ($50) per diem, but only for actual time <br>served in considering and deciding claims for veterans' bonuses pursuant to <br>designation by the chairman. All members of the board shall be reimbursed for <br>necessary travel to and from their places of residence, and in performance of duties <br>pursuant to assignment, at the rate of eighteen cents ($0.18) 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 affirm the decision of the administrator, or determine that a veterans' bonus <br>should be paid, and to what persons and in what amounts. No written opinions or <br>recitations of reasons for any decision need be made. A statement of the decision <br>made shall be signed by at least two (2) of the three (3) members designated to <br>decide the claim, and upon concurrence of two (2) members, a decision shall be <br>final and not subject to reconsideration. <br>(5) When, after the thirty-first day of January, 1992, the board of review shall have <br>decided all cases coming before it for decision, the chairman shall report such fact <br>to the Governor in writing. The Governor shall thereupon declare that the board of <br>review is dissolved, and shall so notify the members, and the functions and duties of <br>the board shall be deemed to have been fully performed. <br>Effective: March 1, 1991 <br>History: Amended 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 6, effective March 1, <br>1991. --Created 1988 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 16. <br><br>