Bill Text: CA AB287 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Vietnam veterans' memorial: update.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-8)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2013. [AB287 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB287-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 287	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  229
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Frazier
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Bigelow,
Blumenfield, Brown, Chávez, Chesbro, Eggman, Fox, Maienschein,
Melendez, Muratsuchi, Perea, Salas, V. Manuel Pérez, Ting, Wilk, and
Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Cannella, Fuller, Nielsen, and Padilla)

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to repeal Section 1301 of, and to repeal and add Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of, the Military and
Veterans Code, relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 287, Frazier. Vietnam veterans' memorial: update.
   Existing law authorized the construction of a memorial to
California's Vietnam veterans on the grounds of the State Capitol, as
specified, and provided that funds for the construction of the
memorial would be provided through private contributions. Existing
law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a
statewide Veterans Memorial Registry, and to make it available on
that department's Internet Web site.
   This bill, until January 1, 2020, would require the department to
annually compile a list of names of Vietnam veterans to be added to
the memorial, as specified. The bill would require the department to
form a specified committee to review and consider requests from the
public to include names on the memorial, as specified. The bill would
authorize the names on the list to be added to the memorial if
specified requirements are met, including that adequate private
funding is available.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6
of the Military and Veterans Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) is added to
Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 4.  VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL


   1300.  For the purposes of this chapter, "Vietnam Veterans
Memorial" means the memorial to California's Vietnam veterans on the
grounds of the State Capitol.
   1301.  (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall compile a list
of names of Vietnam veterans to be added to the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial. The department shall compile the list by November 1, 2014,
and by November 1 of each year thereafter.
   (b) The department shall form a committee by July 1, 2014, chaired
by the secretary or his or her designee and consisting of three
representatives from the California State Commanders Veterans Council
and two representatives from the Vietnam Veterans of America,
California State Council, to review and consider requests to include
names on the memorial pursuant to the requirements of subdivision
(c). The committee's decisions shall be final.
   (c) The list compiled pursuant to subdivision (a) shall contain
the names of those deceased Vietnam veterans that are not included on
the memorial at the time the list is compiled, including the names
of veterans that were inadvertently left off of the memorial and the
names of veterans who later died as a result of illness or injuries,
including physical or mental injuries documented by the Department of
Defense, the Veterans Administration, or licensed medical
professionals, that can reasonably be assumed to have resulted from
military service in the Vietnam war.
   (d) Any veterans' service organization or individual may submit
the name of a veteran to the committee requesting it to be included
on the list of names prepared pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (e) The names on the list compiled pursuant to subdivision (a) may
be added to the memorial if adequate private funding is available
and there is sufficient space on the memorial to accommodate the
names.
   (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends
that date.