BILL NUMBER: AB 150	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Chávez, and Gorell)
   (Coauthor: Senator Cannella)

                        JANUARY 18, 2013

   An act to add Section 5011.6 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to state parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 150, as introduced, Olsen. State parks: armed services: fee
waiver.
   Existing law requires certain veterans of a war in which the
United States is or has been engaged, upon application and
presentation to the Department of Parks and Recreation of certain
proof, such as proof of a disability or of being held captive as a
prisoner of war, to be issued a pass entitling the bearer to use all
facilities, including boat launching facilities, in units of the
state park system.
   This bill would require any veteran of such a war who was
honorably discharged, or a current active duty solider for the United
States Armed Forces, upon application, to be issued a pass entitling
the bearer of the pass to the use of any unit of the state park
system on Memorial Day and Veterans Day if certain conditions are
met, including that proper proof is supplied. If the veteran or
active duty soldier enters the park in a vehicle, the bill would
require all occupants in the vehicle to have their entrance fee
waived.
   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 5011.6 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5011.6.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 5011.5, a veteran of a war in
which the United States has been, or may be, engaged who was
honorably discharged from service, or a current active duty soldier
for the United States Armed Forces, upon application, shall be issued
a pass entitling the bearer to the use of any unit of the state park
system on Memorial Day and Veterans Day if both of the following
conditions are met:
   (1) The veteran of war can provide proof of honorable discharge or
the active duty solider can provide current military identification.

   (2) The veteran of war or the active duty solider resides in
California.
   (b) If the bearer of the pass issued pursuant to subdivision (a)
enters the state park in a vehicle, all occupants of the vehicle
shall have their entrance fee waived.