BILL NUMBER: AB 150	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 13, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian,  Bigelow, 
Chávez,  and Gorell   Beth Gaines,  
Gorell,   Grove,   Harkey,   Maienschein,
  Patterson,   and Wagner  )
   (  Coauthor:   Senator  
Cannella   Coauthors:   Senators  
Cannella,   Fuller,   Gaines,   and Huff
 )

                        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 amended, 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   including  proof of a
disability or  proof  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   a 
veteran of  such  a war who was honorably
discharged, or  a  current active duty 
solider   military personnel  for the United States
Armed Forces,  upon application,  to be 
issued a pass entitling the bearer of the pass to the  
entitled to day  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
  military pe   rsonnel  for the United
States Armed Forces,  upon application,  shall be
 issued a pass entitling the bearer   entitled
 to  the   day  use of any unit of the
state park system on Memorial Day and Veterans Day if both of the
following conditions are met: 
   (1) 
    (a)  The veteran of war  can provide proof of
honorable discharge  or  the  active duty
 solider   military personnel  can provide
current military identification. 
   (2) 
    (b)  The veteran of war or  the  active
duty  solider   military personnel 
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.