BILL NUMBER: SB 1455	CHAPTERED  09/12/02

	CHAPTER  502
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 12, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 8, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johannessen

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2002

   An act to amend Section 4 of Chapter 604 of the Statutes of 1999,
relating to veterans, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1455, Johannessen.  Northern California Veterans Cemetery.
   Existing law requires the department to apply to the State
Cemetery Grant Program of the federal Department of Veterans Affairs
for a grant of not more than $6,000,000, which amount is designated
to represent 100% of the estimated cost for designing, developing,
constructing, and equipping the Northern California Veterans
Cemetery.
   The bill would increase that amount to $7,000,000.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 604 of the Statutes of 1999 is
amended to read:
  Sec. 4.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the state apply
for and receive the maximum amount of federal funds available for the
construction and development of the Northern California Veterans
Cemetery.  Accordingly, both of the following shall apply to funding
of the cemetery:
   (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall apply to the State
Cemetery Grant Program of the federal Department of Veterans Affairs
for a grant of not more than seven million dollars ($7,000,000),
which amount represents 100 percent of the estimated cost for
designing, developing, constructing, and equipping the cemetery.
   (b) The money appropriated under Section 3 of this act may not be
expended until the Department of Veterans Affairs has received
written approval of the grant requested under subdivision (a) and a
commitment from the federal State Cemetery Grant Program that the
funds appropriated under the grant are available for expenditure by
the state, except that the department may expend an amount necessary
for completion of the grant proposal from the funds appropriated
under subdivision (b) of that Section 3.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to commence with the design, development, and
construction of the Northern California Veterans Cemetery at the
earliest possible time, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.