BILL NUMBER: AB 2740	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Niello

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to military benefits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2740, as introduced, Niello. National Guard: veterans:
education benefits.
   Existing law provides certain benefits for qualifying members of
the California National Guard.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish an education assistance program for
qualified veterans of the California National Guard in order to
provide California's soldiers with educational opportunities after
serving in the military.
   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 enact
legislation establishing an education assistance program for
qualified veterans of the California National Guard in order to
provide California's soldiers with educational opportunities after
serving in the military.