BILL NUMBER: SB 1386	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senators Denham
(Chair), Cedillo, Correa, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Wiggins, and
Wyland)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 705 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1386, as introduced, Committee on Veterans Affairs. Department
of Veterans Affairs: inventory of resources.
   Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has
specified powers and duties relating to veterans.
   This bill would require the department, by an unspecified date, to
conduct an inventory of existing military resources in California,
in order to facilitate the department's efforts to maximize available
federal funding to provide services and support for veterans, and to
submit a report to the Legislature concerning the results of the
inventory.
   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 705 is added to the Military and Veterans Code,
to read:
   705.  (a) On or before ____, the Department of Veterans Affairs
shall conduct an inventory of existing military resources in
California, including military bases and personnel, in order to
facilitate the department's efforts to maximize available federal
funding to provide services and support for veterans.
   (b) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall, on or before ____,
submit a report to the Legislature concerning the results of the
inventory specified in subdivision (a).