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        ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
        AB 1842 (Monning)
        As Amended  May 10, 2012
        Majority vote 

         Veterans Affairs    8-0         APPROPRIATIONS      17-0        
         
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        |Ayes:|Cook, Pan, Atkins, Block, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey,          |
        |     |Gorell, Nielsen,          |     |Blumenfield, Bradford,    |
        |     |Williams, Yamada          |     |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
        |     |                          |     |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto,   |
        |     |                          |     |Hall, Hill, Lara,         |
        |     |                          |     |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
        |     |                          |     |Solorio, Wagner           |
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         SUMMARY  :  Authorizes the California Department of Veterans Affairs 
        (Department) to use any moneys received from the State Veterans 
        Cemetery (Cemetery) Grant Program (Grant) that are transferred to 
        the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord 
        Endowment Fund (Fund) for the reimbursement of those specified costs 
        to reimburse any cash advances made to the Fund used for those costs 
        to the extent allowed by grant requirements.  Specifically,  this 
        bill  :

        1)Authorizes the Department to enter into financial agreements to 
          receive cash advances into the Fund. 

        2)Requires that any such financial agreements:

           a)   Must make no obligations of repayment for the state; and,

           b)   Must be reviewed and performed in consultation with the 
             Department of Finance.

        3)Authorizes the Department to use money received from the Grant 
          that is transferred to the Fund for the reimbursement of the costs 
          of developing and submitting the Grant application, to reimburse 
          any cash advances made to the Fund, to the extent allowed by Grant 
          requirements, once it is determined by the Department and 
          certified by the Controller's office that sufficient funds remain 
          in the Fund to cover ongoing maintenance and operating costs.

         FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, 







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        there is no direct state cost.

         COMMENTS  :  The former Fort Ord site is the subject of reuse and 
        redevelopment plans by the Fort Ord Reuse Authority.  One portion of 
        the former site is planned as the Cemetery and has been so dedicated 
        for approximately 10 years, however, little progress has been made.  
        In order to get the Cemetery started, private donations must fully 
        fund the Cemetery design and planning costs in the form of the Fund. 
         

        This bill provides an additional mechanism for the Fund to meet the 
        threshold necessary to apply for federal funding of the Cemetery.  
        The bill provides for review of any financial agreements by 
        Department of Finance in addition to review by the Department.  The 
        bill requires that no obligations of repayment are made to the 
        state.


         Analysis Prepared by  :    John Spangler / V. A. / (916) 319-3550 FN: 
        0003621