Bill Text: CA AB1711 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 1711 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: State military reserve personnel: leave benefits.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2017. [AB1711 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1711-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 1711

CHAPTER 92

An act to add Section 19771.5 to the Government Code, relating to public employment.

[ Approved by Governor July 21, 2017. Filed with Secretary of State July 21, 2017. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1711, Committee on Veterans Affairs. State military reserve personnel: leave benefits.

Existing law provides for leave for military service, rights and benefits accrued during that service, and reinstatement after that service for executive branch employees who are members of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, or the Naval Militia, as specified.

This bill would provide that a member of the State Military Reserve be granted military leave and other specified benefits on the same basis as a member of the National Guard or other military reserve member.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 19771.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

19771.5.

For purposes of this chapter, members of the State Military Reserve shall be granted leave for military service, rights and benefits accrued during that service, and reinstatement after that service by their appointing power on the same basis as members of the National Guard or other military reserve personnel.