BILL NUMBER: AB 2548	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mitchell

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section  66   66.5  of
the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2548, as amended, Mitchell. California Veterans Board.
   Existing law provides that the California Veterans Board consists
of 7 members appointed by the Governor subject to Senate
confirmation. All members of the board are required to be veterans
 , and certain of the members are required to have meet specific
criteria with regard to their background, education, training,
experience, or expertise  . 
   This bill would require one of those members to be a woman veteran
who has served overseas in a combat theater.  
   This bill would also require one member of the board to have
substantial training, professional knowledge, or experience in the
issues faced by female veterans, as specified. 
   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 66.5 of the   Military
and Veterans Code   is amended to read: 
   66.5.  (a) One member of the board shall have substantial training
or professional expertise in mortgage lending and real estate
finance.
   (b) One other member of the board shall have substantial training
or professional expertise in geriatrics, gerontology, or long-term
care.
   (c) One member of the board shall have an accounting or auditing
background, and preferably shall be a certified public accountant.
   (d) One member of the board shall have a degree in health care
administration or shall have experience in the financial management
of health care facilities. 
   (e) One member of the board shall have substantial training,
professional knowledge, or experience in the issues faced by female
veterans which may include, but are not limited to, the following
issues:  
   (1) Combat related disorders.  
   (2) Sexual trauma.  
   (3) Homelessness.  
   (e) 
    (f)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit any member of the board from serving the remainder of his or
her term. 
   (f) 
    (g)  The first vacancy in the membership of the board,
that occurs after the enactment of the act adding this subdivision
and does not require the training or expertise required by
subdivision (a) or (b), shall be filled by the appointment of a
member who meets the criteria required by subdivision (c). 
  SECTION 1.    Section 66 of the Military and
Veterans Code is amended to read:
   66.  All members of the board shall be veterans as "veteran" is
defined in Section 18540.4 of the Government Code. One of these
members shall also be retired from the active or reserve forces of
the United States military service. One of these members shall also
be a resident of a California veterans home. One of these members
shall also be a woman veteran who has served overseas in a combat
theater. This subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit a member
of the board who does not meet this requirement from serving the
remainder of his or her term.