BILL NUMBER: AB 2143	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gilmore

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act relating to military and veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2143, as introduced, Gilmore. The Department of Veterans
Affairs: consolidation of services to veterans.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Veteran's Affairs
within state government and sets forth its powers and duties,
including, but not limited to, administration of veterans benefits
programs. Existing law establishes the California Veterans Board
within the department and sets forth its powers and duties,
including, but not limited to its power to determine operational
policy for the department.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to
subsequently provide for the consolidation under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Veterans Affairs and the California Veterans Board
or all programs that currently bestow any benefits for which veterans
may be eligible but which are currently under the jurisdiction of
other state agencies, and to provide for a commensurate transfer of
staff and other assets from those agencies to the department and to
the board.
   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 subsequently
enact a measure including provisions that would consolidate, under
the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Veterans Board, all programs that currently bestow any benefits for
which veterans may be eligible but which are under the jurisdiction
of other state agencies, and to provide for a commensurate transfer
of staff and other assets from those agencies to the department and
to the board.