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          Date of Hearing:   April 6, 2016


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                               Lorena Gonzalez, Chair


          AB  
          1706 (Chávez) - As Amended March 8, 2016


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  YesReimbursable:   
          No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill adds to the list of misdemeanors punishable under the  
          California Stolen Valor Act and updates the Act to require a  
          conviction under the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2013 rather  








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          than the 2005 version, which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled  
          unconstitutional.


          FISCAL EFFECT:


          Minor nonreimbursable local costs for incarceration, offset to a  
          degree by fee revenue. 


          COMMENTS:


          Background/Purpose:  Currently, California requires that an  
          elected officer forfeit their office upon conviction of a crime  
          pursuant to either the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005 or the  
          California Stolen Valor Act.  The federal Stolen Valor Act was  
          updated in 2013 after the Supreme Court ruled it was  
          unconstitutional.  (See United States v. Alvarez (2012) 132  
          S.Ct. 2537, 2556 [183 L.Ed.2d 574].)  This bill updates the  
          California Stolen Valor Act by requiring a conviction pursuant  
          to the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2013.

          This bill also adds new misdemeanors to the California Stolen  
          Valor Act and changes the intent requirement for a conviction  
          under the Act to also mirror federal law.
           


          Analysis Prepared by:Pedro Reyes / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081















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