BILL NUMBER: AB 316	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Veterans Affairs (Muratsuchi (Chair),
Chávez (Vice Chair), Atkins, Brown, Eggman, Fox, Grove, Salas, and
Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2013

   An act to amend Section 951.5 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veteran interment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 316, as introduced, Committee on Veterans Affairs. Veteran
interment: veterans' remains organizations.
   Existing law requires the public administrator of a county to make
every reasonable effort to determine if the unclaimed remains of a
decedent referred to the public administrator belong to a veteran or
the dependent of a veteran, and to work with specified entities to
determine if the remains belong to a veteran or the dependent of a
veteran.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
   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 951.5 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   951.5.  The public administrator of  the   a
 county shall make every reasonable effort to determine if the
unclaimed remains of a decedent referred to the public administrator
belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran. If there is reason
to believe that the remains belong to a veteran or the dependent of
a veteran, the public administrator shall work with the county
 veteran  veterans  service officer, a
national veterans cemetery, the United States Social Security
Administration, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or
other applicable entity to determine if the remains belong to a
veteran or the dependent of a veteran.