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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 287	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2013

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

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to  add Section 14633 to the Government Code
   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, as amended, 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  , until January 1, 2020,  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. 
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. 
   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.    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 individuals 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.  
  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.