BILL NUMBER: SB 1355	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 12813.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
 veterans   vehicles  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1355, as amended, Runner.  Veterans: driver's license:
designation.  Vehicles: driver's licenses: veterans.

   Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue
driver's licenses to qualified individuals containing specified
information.
   This bill would require the department to include the designation
"VETERAN" on a driver's license issued to a veteran who requests the
designation and provides proof of his or her military service and
honorable discharge.
   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 12813.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   12813.5.  (a) The department shall include the designation
"VETERAN" on a driver's license issued to a veteran in an available
space on the face of the driver's license if both of the following
 conditions  are satisfied:
   (1) The veteran requests the designation.
   (2) The veteran provides proof, as determined by the department,
of his or her military service and honorable discharge. 
   (b) For the purposes of this section, "veteran" means a person who
has served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine
Corps of the United States, or the California National Guard as
established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 210) of
Part 1 of Division 2 of the Military and Veterans Code. 

   (b) As used in this section, "veteran" has the same meaning as
that term is defined in Section 980 of the Military and Veterans
Code.