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                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
                              Senator Ben Hueso, Chair
                                               


          BILL NO:  SB 815                   HEARING DATE: 4/9/13
          AUTHOR:   COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
          VERSION:  AS INTRODUCED
          FISCAL:   YES 
          VOTE:     21




                                        SUBJECT  
          
          Military and Veterans Code clean up.  
           
                                      DESCRIPTION  
           
          Existing law:
           The California Military and Veterans Code was established  
          generally by Chapter 389, Statutes of 1935. The Code contains  
          statutory provisions relating to the armed forces and militia of  
          the State, veterans' affairs, welfare and aid, institutions and  
          buildings.

           
          This bill:  is a committee bill that corrects technical errors  
          and outdated code references.  
           
                                           
                                       COMMENT  
          
           References to the federal Department of Veterans Affairs  :  The  
          Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-527)  
          transformed the former United States Veterans Administration, an  
          independent government agency established in 1930, into a  
          Cabinet-level United States Department of Veterans Affairs.  
          California statutes still contain some outdated references to  
          the U.S. Veterans Administration.














                                      POSTITIONS  
          
          Sponsor:  Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs 

           Support: American Legion - Department of California
                    California Association of County Veterans Service  
                   Officers (CACVSO)
                    Vietnam Veterans of America - California State Council


          Oppose:   None received
          
          Analysis by: Wade Cooper Teasdale




























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