Bill Text: CA AB2215 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans: recorded documents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 651, Statutes of 2014. [AB2215 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2215-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2215 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 651
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 24, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Maienschein
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to amend Section 27337 of the Government Code, relating to
veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2215, Maienschein. Veterans: recorded documents.
The California Public Records Act provides that the public
records, as defined, of every state or local agency are open for
inspection at all times during the office hours of the agency, that
every person has a right to inspect any public record except as
provided in the act, and that every agency, upon request, shall make
copies of records available upon payment of fees to cover costs. The
act authorizes any agency to withhold disclosure of requested public
records pursuant to specific statutory exemptions or by demonstrating
that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served
by not making the record public clearly outweighs the public interest
served by disclosure of the record.
Existing law establishes that the officers of a county include a
county recorder, with specified duties, including the recording of
various documents according to specified procedures.
Existing law requires that if any military veteran requests the
recordation of any military discharge document, including a veteran's
service form DD214, that the county recorder shall require the
veteran to sign a form that acknowledges that the document becomes
part of the official record of the county, and subject to inspection,
as provided.
This bill would permit a family member or legal representative of
the veteran authorized by law to receive a certified copy of those
documents to request recordation of those documents on the same terms
as a veteran.
By expanding the duties of county clerks, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 27337 of the Government Code, as added by
Section 2 of Chapter 301 of the Statutes of 2003, is amended to read:
27337. (a) If any military veteran or any person authorized to
receive a certified copy of a record pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 6107 requests the recordation in any
county in this state of any military discharge document, including a
veteran's service form DD214, the county recorder shall require the
person requesting the recordation to sign a form stating the
following:
"I, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge that I am informed that by
recording the attached military discharge document, all information
referenced within it becomes part of the official record of this
county, and that this information is open to inspection by any
person."
_______________ ___________________ ______________
Print Name Signature Date
(b) No copy of a recorded military discharge document may be
issued except as provided by Section 6107.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
