BILL NUMBER: AB 2156	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

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 amended, 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  if the council, in the course of
providing that representation, complies with specified requirements,
as prescribed  .
   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.  In the
course of providing that representation, the council shall comply
with the following requirements:  
   (a) The council's representation shall be approved by a majority
of the voting members of the council.  
   (b) The council shall not engage in any campaign or endorse public
candidates in connection with that representation.  
   (c) The council's actions shall be in accordance with its
constitution, bylaws, and policies and procedures.