BILL NUMBER: AB 629	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Monning

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Section 80 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 629, as introduced, Monning. Military and veterans.
   Under existing law the Department of Veterans Affairs has
specified powers and duties relating to military veterans, and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs is in charge of the department.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes and correct
an obsolete reference.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 80 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended
to read:
   80.  The  director   secretary  may
employ subject to law such expert, technical, legal, clerical, and
other employees as  may be   the secretary deems
 necessary to carry out his  or her  powers and duties
and except as expressly otherwise provided in Section 71  of
this chapter  , the  director  
secretary  shall be the sole appointing authority for the
department for all positions. Whenever possible preference shall be
given to veterans for employment in the department.