BILL NUMBER: AB 151	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Chávez, Donnelly, Gorell,
and Wieckowski)
   (Coauthors: Senators Cannella and Fuller)

                        JANUARY 18, 2013

   An act to add Section 17951.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to local government fees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 151, as introduced, Olsen. Local government: fee waiver:
disabled veterans.
   The State Housing Law authorizes cities and counties to prescribe
fees for permits required or authorized pursuant to the State Housing
Law.
   This bill would authorize the governing board of any city or
county to grant financial assistance, relief, and support to disabled
veterans, as defined, by waiving service-related fees charged by the
city or county, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 17951.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   17951.5.  (a) The governing board of any city or county may grant
financial assistance, relief, and support to disabled veterans by
reducing or waiving building inspection or permit fees charged by the
city or county for the modification of a dwelling owned by a
disabled veteran for the purpose of making the dwelling more
accessible.
   (b) The governing body shall use its general fund or other
appropriate revenue source to compensate for the difference between a
fee reduced or waived pursuant to this section and the fee that
would otherwise be charged.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "disabled veteran" has the same
meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.