BILL NUMBER: AB 2156	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2010
	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 provide for the establishment of a Veterans'
Home Allied Council for each veterans' home, and  would
additionally permit  the Veterans' Home Allied Council
  each council  to represent veterans who reside in
 a   the  veterans' home  for which
the council was established  in matters before the Legislature
if  the   each  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  
Veterans' Home Allied Councils  , which  is 
 are  established pursuant to the constitution of the Allied
Council, Veterans' Home of California,  for each veterans' home,
 and which  is   are  composed of
members of  the   each  home,  is
  are  hereby recognized as  an 
established advisory  body   bodies  to the
administrator  of each veterans' home  .  The
  Each  Veterans' Home Allied Council may also
represent veterans who reside at  a   the 
veterans' home  for which the council was established  in
matters before the Legislature. In the course of providing that
representation,  the   each  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.