BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 419
Author: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 4/14/09
AYES: Denham, Correa, Wiggins, Negrete McLeod, Cedillo,
Wyland, Maldonado
SUBJECT : County veteran service officers: funding
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill changes current legislative findings
and declarations by declaring that 50 percent of the amount
annually budgeted for county veteran service officers is
approximately $11 million.
ANALYSIS : Existing law finds and declares that 50
percent of the amount annually budgeted for county veteran
service officers is approximately $5 million, and that it
is an efficient and reasonable use of state funds to
increase the annual budget for county veteran officers in
an amount not to exceed $5 million.
According to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
analysis, this bill is code cleanup. There is no
appropriation in the bill. Fifty percent of the costs
amounted to $5 million but are now $11 million. This bill
changes the amount to reflect what is currently 50 percent
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of the costs for the state to fund county veteran service
officers.
Prior/Related Legislation
SB 1778 (Senate Veterans Affairs Committee) - 2007-08
Session . An identical measure, passed the Senate Floor
37-0 on 8/11/08, but was vetoed by the Governor because of
the Budget impasse.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/16/09)
American Legion, Department of California
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, AFL-CIO
AMVETS
TSM:cm 4/16/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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