BILL NUMBER: SB 10	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Cook)

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1050 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 10, as introduced, Evans. Military and veterans: Veterans' Home
Allied Council.
   Existing law establishes the Veterans' Home Allied Council
pursuant to the constitution of the Allied Council, Veterans' Home of
California, comprised of members of the home, as an advisory body to
the Administrator of the Veterans' Home.
   This bill would provide for the establishment of a Veterans' Home
Allied Council for each veterans' home, and would additionally permit
each council to represent veterans who reside in the veterans' home
for which the council was established in matters before the
Legislature if each council, in the course of providing that
representation, complies with specified requirements, as prescribed.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1050 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   1050.   The  Veterans' Home Allied 
Council,   Councils,  which  is 
 are  established pursuant to the constitution of the Allied
Council, Veterans' Home of California,  for each veterans' home,
 and which  is   are  composed of
members of  the   each  home,  is
  are  hereby recognized as  an 
established advisory  body   bodies  to the
 administrator.   administrator of each
veterans' home. Each Veterans' Home Allied Council may also represent
veterans who reside at the veterans' home for which the council was
established in matters before the Legislature. In the course of
providing that representation, each council shall comply with the
following requirements:  
   (a) The council's representation shall be approved by a majority
of the voting members of the council.  
   (b) The council shall not engage in any campaign or endorse public
candidates in connection with that representation.  
   (c) The council's actions shall be in accordance with its
constitution, bylaws, and policies and procedures. 
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide for the establishment of a Veterans' Home
Allied Council for each veterans' home and to permit the council to
represent veterans who reside in a veteran's home in matters before
the Legislature as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately as an urgency statute.