BILL NUMBER: AB 787	CHAPTERED  10/03/05

	CHAPTER  457
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 3, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 3, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 24, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member DeVore
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bogh, Cogdill, Garcia, Shirley
Horton, Houston, Huff, La Suer, Maze, Mountjoy, Plescia, and Sharon
Runner)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Cox, and Dutton)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2005

   An act to amend Section 532b of the Penal Code, relating to crime.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 787, DeVore   Crime: impersonating a veteran.
   Under existing law, any person who represents himself or herself
as a veteran or ex-serviceperson of any war in which the United
States was engaged in connection with the soliciting of aid or the
sale or attempted sale of any property, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   This bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a person to falsely
claim to be, or present himself or herself to be a veteran member of
the Armed Forces of the United States, with the intent to defraud.
The bill would not apply to face-to-face solicitations involving less
than $10.
   Because this bill would create a new crime, it would impose a
state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 532b of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   532b.  (a) Any person who falsely represents himself or herself as
a veteran or ex-serviceman of any war in which the United States was
engaged, in connection with the soliciting of aid or the sale or
attempted sale of any property, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   (b) Any person who falsely claims, or presents himself or herself,
to be a veteran or member of the Armed Forces of the United States,
with the intent to defraud, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   (c) This section does not apply to face-to-face solicitations
involving less than ten dollars ($10).
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.