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                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
                              LOU CORREA, CHAIRMAN
                                             


          Bill No:        AB 1226
          Author:         Assembly Veterans Affairs
          Version:        As Introduced February 18, 2011
          Hearing Date:   June 28, 2011
          Fiscal:         Yes
          Consultant:     Donald E. Wilson




                                 SUBJECT OF BILL  
           
           Reporting requirements for the California Department of 
          Veterans Affairs (CDVA) annual report

                                   PROPOSED LAW  
           
           1.  Add to CDVA's annual report a requirement to report the 
          percentage of California veterans receiving benefits and 
          how California ranks with other states.

          2.  Corrects punctuation errors in this section of code.

                                         
                          EXISTING LAW AND BACKGROUND  
          
          1.  Requires an annual report from CDVA (MVC section 974) 
          with the following information
          (1) The number of monthly federal benefit payments obtained
          on behalf of veterans.
          (2) The total value of those monthly benefit payments.
          (3) The average value of those monthly benefit payments.
          (4) The number of one-time benefit payments obtained, 
          including both single-payment benefits and retroactive 
          payments.
          (5) The total value of one-time benefit payments obtained.
          (6) The average value of these one-time benefit payments 
          obtained.
          This report is required to show the statistics of each 
          county as well as the statewide aggregate total.












                                         
                                        


                                    COMMENT  
          
          1.  This bill does not create a new report, but only adds 
          one more statistic to an already existing report as well as 
          cleaning up a punctuation error.

          2.  This bill is recommended for consent.



                                     SUPPORT  
          
          None received

                                      OPPOSE  
          
          None received





















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