BILL NUMBER: SB 662	CHAPTERED  07/22/08

	CHAPTER  167
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 22, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 22, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JANUARY 30, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 7, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wiggins

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Sections 1014 and 1023 of the Military and
Veterans Code, relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 662, Wiggins. Veterans' Home of California.
   Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of the
Veterans' Home of California at various sites, and requires each home
to be under the management and control of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, subject to the policies adopted by the California Veterans
Board.
   Existing law also requires that there be an administrator at each
home or homesite, who shall manage and administer its affairs, and,
subject to direction of the Director of Veterans Affairs, adopt rules
and regulations for the government of the home.
   This bill would make technical changes and nonsubstantive,
clarifying changes to these provisions.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1014 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   1014.  The home shall be under the management and control of the
department and subject to the policies adopted by the California
Veterans Board.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1023 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended
to read:
   1023.  (a) The department may sue and be sued in any of the courts
of this state. All property held by the department for the home
shall be held in trust for the state and for the use and benefit of
the home. The administrator shall manage the home and administer its
affairs, and, subject to the direction of the director, adopt rules
and regulations for the government of the home in conformity, as
nearly as possible, to the rules and regulations of the United States
Veterans' Administration for their facilities.
   (b) The Director of General Services may lease or let any real
property held by the department for the home, and not needed for any
direct or immediate purpose of the home, to any entity or person upon
terms and conditions determined to be in the best interests of the
home. In any leasing or letting, primary consideration shall be given
to the use of real property for agricultural purposes, and except as
provided in Section 1048, all money received in connection therein
shall be deposited in the General Fund to the credit of, and shall
augment the current appropriation for the support of, the home.