BILL NUMBER: AB 2156	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1050 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2156, as introduced, Evans. Military and veterans: Veterans'
Home Allied Council.
   Existing law establishes the Veterans' Home Allied Council
pursuant to the constitution of the Allied Council, Veterans' Home of
California, comprised of members of the home, as an advisory body to
the Administrator of the Veterans' Home.
   This bill would additionally permit the Veterans' Home Allied
Council to represent veterans who reside in a veterans' home in
matters before the Legislature.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1050 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   1050.  The Veterans' Home Allied Council, which is established
pursuant to the constitution of the Allied Council, Veterans' Home of
California, and which is composed of members of the home, is hereby
recognized as an established advisory body to the administrator. 
The Veterans' Home Allied Council may also represent veterans who
reside at a veterans' home in matters before the Legislature.