BILL NUMBER:  AB 1361
  VETOED	DATE: 10/08/2015




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1361 without my signature.

This bill authorizes a current or former member of the United States
Armed Forces to receive a California Community College Transfer Cal
Grant entitlement award, even if the student is over 28 years of age
unless the student received a dishonorable discharge.

While the bill is well intentioned, our California veterans are
provided with many different educational benefits including federal
Montgomery GI benefits and eligibility to pay California residence
fees for both themselves and their dependents at the University of
California, the California State University and California Community
Colleges. I am not comfortable creating new General Fund costs
outside of the budget process, particularly given the Cal Grant
augmentations already included in this year's budget.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.