BILL NUMBER: AB 671	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Krekorian

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act relating to the Public Safety Medal of Honor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 671, as introduced, Krekorian. Public Safety Medal of Honor.
   The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act authorizes the
Governor to annually award and present in the name of the State of
California a Medal of Valor to one public safety officer, as defined,
who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the
board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to establish a
Medal of Honor to bestow on a public safety officer who, while
serving under competent authority in any capacity, has been wounded
or killed, or who has died or may die after being wounded in the line
of duty.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a
Medal of Honor to bestow on a public safety officer who, while
serving under competent authority in any capacity, has been wounded
or killed, or who has died or may die after being wounded in the line
of duty. It is the intent of the Legislature to model this award
after the Medal of Valor.