BILL NUMBER: SB 1244	CHAPTERED  09/29/06

	CHAPTER  597
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Soto

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2006

   An act to add Section 328 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to the National Guard, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1244, Soto  National Guard: volunteers: travel and uniform
allowance.
   Existing law specifies certain pay and allowances for members of
the National Guard.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to defray costs of service that volunteers must bear as
members of the State Military Reserve and Naval Militia. This bill
would authorize an allowance, as specified, to volunteers in the
State Military Reserve and Naval Militia for reimbursement of uniform
and travel costs. This bill would make an appropriation of $75,000
from the General Fund to the Military Department for the purposes of
providing the allowance.
   Appropriation: yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation recognizing the important contributions of the State
Military Reserve and the Naval Militia to the public safety of this
state, particularly in their role as a volunteer reserve force that
works in conjunction with the California National Guard and to assume
critical state duties of the National Guard should it be called into
active federal service. The purpose of this act is to help defray
costs of service that volunteers must bear as members of the State
Military Reserve and Naval Militia.
  SEC. 2.  Section 328 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to
read:
   328.  (a) The purpose of this section is to help defray the
uniform and travel costs paid by volunteers in the State Military
Reserve and Naval Militia.
   (b) On January 1, 2007, the amount of seventy-five thousand
dollars ($75,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Military Department for the purposes of providing a combined uniform
and travel allowance to each volunteer member of the State Military
Reserve or Naval Militia, on or before the last day of the month
following the volunteer member's completion of one year of
satisfactory service in the State Military Reserve or Naval Militia,
and annually thereafter following the completion of any subsequent
full year of satisfactory service.
   (c) For the purposes of this section, "satisfactory service" shall
consist of 100 percent constructive attendance at training
assemblies or as otherwise defined by Military Department
regulations.
   (d) The amount of the allowance shall be one hundred twenty-five
dollars ($125) per year.