BILL NUMBER: SB 1697	CHAPTERED  09/29/06

	CHAPTER  680
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 26, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Soto

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2006

   An act to add Section 395.5 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to military service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1697, Soto  Military service: benefits.
   Existing law provides certain benefits and protections for members
of the state militia, as specified.
   This bill would require the Military Department to comply with the
provisions of Section 4301 of Title 38 of the United States Code,
the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
(USERRA), and would provide that Military Department personnel, as
specified, shall be considered employees and provided the same
federal reemployment protections and benefits given to other
employees under USERRA.


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


  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that
Military Department personnel who are employed on state active duty
and are deployed, mobilized, or otherwise subject to any federal
active service under voluntary or involuntary conditions, are
provided the same federal reemployment protections and benefits given
to other state employees of Section 4301 of Title 38 of the United
States Code, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act.
   SEC. 2.   Section 395.5 is added to the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:
   395.5.  (a) The Military Department shall comply with the
provisions of Section 4301 of Title 38 of the United States Code, the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).

   (b) For purposes of USERRA, Military Department personnel who are
on state active duty and are deployed, mobilized, or otherwise
subject to any federal active service under voluntary or involuntary
conditions, shall be considered employees and provided the same
federal reemployment protections and benefits given to other
employees under USERRA.