BILL NUMBER: AB 1712	CHAPTERED  10/14/07

	CHAPTER  742
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 14, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 14, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 7, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Veterans Affairs (Salas (Chair), Cook
(Vice Chair), Beall, Carter, Lieu, Saldana, and Wolk)

                        FEBRUARY 28, 2007

   An act to add Section 439.1 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to the state militia.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1712, Committee on Veterans Affairs. State militia: armories.
   Existing law authorizes the Adjutant General to use specified
funds, if appropriated by the Legislature, for the maintenance,
repairs, improvements, and operating expenses necessary for increased
or improved community utilization of armory facilities, as provided.

   This bill would require the Military Department to submit a report
to the Legislature, as specified, on the status of all California
armories, as provided.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 439.1 is added to the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:
   439.1.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
Military Department is unable to perform its security, emergency
response, and social and community missions due to deficiencies in
the physical condition and suitability of some of its armories, and
according to a 2006 Bureau of State Audit report, at least 87 percent
of the 109 armories in California are in need of improvement.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the
Military Department has adequate facilities to perform its security,
emergency response, and social and community missions.
   (c) The Military Department shall, on or before April 1, 2008, and
each year thereafter, submit a report to the Legislature on the
status of all California armories. For each armory, the report shall
include:
   (1) The location of the armory.
   (2) The utilization of the facilities of the armory for military
missions, emergency response, and community and social services.
   (3) The physical condition of the facilities of the armory for its
current missions and uses.
   (4) Any identified improvement, renovation, and modernization
projects for the facilities of the armory, and the total estimated
costs to complete these projects.
   (5) The status of recent improvements undertaken at the facilities
of the armory.
   (6) An 18-month projection of all work and improvements that will
be completed on the facilities of the armory.
   (7) The projected workload and staffing necessary for the
maintenance, repairs, improvements, and operating expenses of the
facilities of the armory.