BILL NUMBER: AB 879	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   839
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 8, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 22, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Havice

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 79.1 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 879, Havice.  Veterans:  Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans
Affairs.
   Existing law provides that the statutory authority for the
position of Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs is repealed on
January 1, 2001.
   This bill would delete that repeal provision, thereby extending
this position indefinitely.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 79.1 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   79.1.  In addition to the Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs,
there shall be within the department, and the secretary shall
appoint, a Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs who shall have
responsibility over administration of women veterans affairs.