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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2664
Author: Quirk-Silva (D)
Amended: 4/1/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/24/14
AYES: Hueso, Knight, Correa, Lieu, Nielsen, Roth
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 79-0, 5/29/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California National Guard
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes the California National Guard
Military Family Relief Fund (CNGMFRF) as an account within the
California Military Department Support Fund (CMDSF) for the
purpose of providing financial aid grants to eligible members of
the California National Guard (CNG) who are California residents
and who have been called to active duty. This bill also
transfers any and all monies remaining in the California
Military Family Relief Fund (CMFRF) to the California Military
Department (CMD) Support Fund and requires those moneys to
continue to be disbursed in accordance with the original intent
of the contributions made by taxpayers to the CMFRF as
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established under former law.
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
1.Authorizes the Adjutant General and the CMD to solicit and
accept funds or other donations for deposit in the CMDSF.
2.Provides that money in the fund is available, upon
appropriation, for specified purposes relating to the programs
of the CMD.
3.Former law, repealed by its own provisions, allowed taxpayers
to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in
excess of their tax liability be transferred to the CMFRF,
established to accept contributions from taxpayers and from
other sources. Money in that fund, upon appropriation, was
required to be allocated to the CMD to provide financial aid
grants to eligible members of the CNG. The former law provided
that, notwithstanding repeal, any contribution amounts
designated prior to repeal would continue to be transferred
and disbursed in accordance with those repealed provisions.
4.The State Treasury's Special Fund 8022, containing
approximately $1.2 million in donations to the CMDSF, will be
abolished in January 2015 and the monies will revert to the
General Fund.
This bill:
1.Requires that the CMDSF include the CNGMFRF a special fund as
established within the CMDSF.
2.Specifies that for accounting and recordkeeping purposes, the
CMDSF shall be deemed to be a single special fund, and any
special funds therein shall constitute and be deemed to be a
separate account in the CMDSF.
3.Mandates that each account or fund shall be available for
expenditure only for the purposes as are now or may hereafter
be provided by law.
4.Establishes the CNGMFRF as an account within the CMDSF for the
purpose of providing financial aid grants to members of the
CNG who are California residents and who have been called to
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active duty.
5.Requires the CMD to establish eligibility criteria for the
grants by January 1, 2015.
6.Directs that the grant criteria shall include, but not be
limited to, a demonstration of financial need.
7.Requires that, in addition to grant criteria established by
the CMD, members of the CNG must show proof of all of the
following to be eligible to receive a grant:
A. Current membership in the CNG.
B. Residency in California.
C. Deployment to active duty for at least 60 consecutive
days.
1.Mandates that grants awarded may be used only for food,
housing, childcare, utilities, medical services, medical
prescriptions, insurance, and vehicle payments.
2.Directs that CNG members shall not be eligible to receive a
grant if the member receives a punitive discharge or an
administrative discharge with service characterized as under
other than honorable conditions.
3. Requires the Adjutant General to conduct annual audits of
the CMDSF and the CNGMFRF and to report findings to the
Department of Finance.
4. Transfers on January 1, 2015, any and all moneys remaining
in the Old Fund to the New Fund.
5. Directs that the monies transferred shall continue to be
disbursed in accordance with the original intent of the
contributions made by taxpayers to the CMDSF.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Transfer of approximately $1.2 million (General Fund*).
Minor, absorbable administrative costs to the CMD (General
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Fund).
*The money in the existing CMFRF was a result of tax-check off
donations made by taxpayers. This authorization has expired and
without this bill, the remaining funds of $1.2 million will
revert to the General Fund on January 1, 2015.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/8/14)
Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 79-0, 5/29/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Vacancy
AL:nl 8/16/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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