BILL NUMBER: SB 157	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        JANUARY 31, 2013

   An act to amend Section 431 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to the state militia.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 157, as introduced, Knight. National Guard.
   Existing law authorizes the Adjutant General to take specified
actions with respect to state armories, including leasing or
otherwise authorizing the use of all armories for any lawful purpose,
and requires all revenues or income from any armory to be paid into
the Armory Discretionary Improvement Account in the General Fund.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 431 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   431.  (a) The Adjutant General may, either directly or through
armory boards, or through subordinate commanders, lease or otherwise
authorize the use of, by any person for any lawful purpose, manage,
supervise all activities in, perform all necessary military duties
with respect to and control all armories that are built or acquired
by the state, that come into possession or control of the state, or
that are erected, purchased, leased, or provided or contributed to,
in whole or in part, by any city, county, political subdivision, or
district, or by anyone, for armory purposes.
   (b) The Adjutant General may contract with the United States for
the operation of any armory for purposes of training of federal
military personnel, with provision that all state costs related to
that operation shall be reimbursed by the United States.
   (c) All revenues or income from any armory shall be paid to the
Adjutant General who shall account for the revenues or income to the
Controller at the close of each month in the form that the Controller
prescribes and shall deposit the revenues and income into the
Treasury to the credit of the Armory Discretionary Improvement
Account, which is hereby created, in the General Fund. The revenues
and income in the account shall be  made  available,
 when appropriated   upon appropriation by the
Legislature  , to the Adjutant General, for allocation for the
maintenance, repairs, improvements, and operating expenses necessary
or desirable for increased or improved community utilization of the
facilities of the armory from which the revenues and income were
derived.