BILL NUMBER: AB 1505 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Pan
(Principal coauthor: Senator Kehoe)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins and Hill)
(Coauthor: Senator Lieu)
JANUARY 11, 2012
An act to add Section 972.3 711 to
the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1505, as amended, Pan. Department of Veterans Affairs: veterans'
benefits.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which
is responsible for administering various programs and services for
the benefit of veterans.
This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to
reinstate provide qualified benefits
for qualified veterans. This bill would define the term "qualified
benefits" to mean a benefit , including, but not limited to,
certain items, that is administered by the Department of
Veterans Affairs and for which federal funds are not used,
or impacted, in the provision of the benefit , and would
define the term "qualified veteran" to mean any person who served in
the Armed Forces of the United States and who meets specified
conditions relating to separation from the Armed Forces of the United
States. This bill would require the qualified veteran to provide
documentation to the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to
separation from the Armed Forces of the United States in a form and
manner as prescribed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 972.3 711 is
added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:
972.3. 711. (a) The Department of
Veterans Affairs shall reinstate provide
qualified benefits for qualified veterans.
(b) For purposes of this section, both of the following shall
apply:
(1) "Qualified benefits" means a benefit that is administered by
the Department of Veterans Affairs and for which federal
funds are not used, or impacted, in the provision of the benefit.
"Qualified benefits" include, but are not limited
to, , including, but not limited to, any of the
following:
(A) College tuition fee waivers for veterans' dependents.
(B) Nonresident college fee waiver.
(C) Disabled veteran business enterprise opportunities.
(D) Veterans Homes of California.
(E) Motor vehicle registration fee waiver.
(F) Disabled veteran license plates.
(G) Free license plates.
(H) Veterans preference in California civil service examinations.
(I) State of California Veterans Cemetery.
(J) Fishing and hunting licenses.
(K) Employment and unemployment insurance assistance.
(L) Farm and home loans.
(M) State parks and recreation pass.
(N) Business license tax waiver.
(O) Property tax exemptions.
(2) (A) "Qualified veteran" means any person who served in the
Armed Forces of the United States and who meets both of the following
conditions:
(i) Separation
(2) (A)
"Qualified veteran" means any person who served in the Armed Forces
of the United States, who was separated from the
Armed Forces of the United States resulted solely
on the basis of sexual orientation pursuant to any federal policy
prohibiting homosexual personnel from serving in the Armed Forces of
the United States , including, but not limited to, Section
654 of Title 10 of the United States Code and not as a
result of any other violation .
(ii) Separation did not result from any other violation.
(B) The definition of "qualified veteran" provided by this
paragraph shall apply regardless of the classification of separation
from the Armed Forces of the United States executed by the federal
government , including, but not limited to, dishonorable
discharge .
(c) The qualified veteran shall provide documentation to the
Department of Veterans Affairs relating to separation from the Armed
Forces of the United States, including, but not limited to, a DD form
214, in a form and manner as prescribed by the Department of
Veterans Affairs.