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

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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-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 287	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Frazier

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to add Section 14633 to the Government Code, relating to
veterans.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 287, as introduced, 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 prescribes various duties for the Department of General Services
in connection with development and maintenance of the park around the
State Capitol Building. 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 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs, in
coordination with the California State Commanders Veterans Council
and the Vietnam Veterans of America, to annually compile a list of
names of Vietnam veterans to be added to the memorial. The bill would
require that the Department of General Services annually add the
names from the list to the memorial, 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 14633 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   14633.  (a) On February 1, 2014, and on February 1 of each year
thereafter, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall compile a list
of names of Vietnam veterans to be added to the memorial to
California's Vietnam veterans constructed pursuant to Section 1303 of
the Military and Veterans Code.
   (b) The names on the list compiled pursuant to subdivision (a)
consist of those individuals that are not included on the memorial at
the time that 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.
   (c) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall coordinate with the
California State Commanders Veterans Council and the Vietnam Veterans
of America in compiling this list.
   (d) Any veterans' service organization or individual may submit
names for inclusion on the list prepared pursuant to subdivision (a).

   (e) The Department of General Services shall, on or before March
30 of the calendar year in which the list is compiled, add the names
from the list compiled pursuant to subdivision (a) to the memorial.