Bill Text: CA AB626 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterans’ homes: funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB626 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB626-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 626
| Introduced by Assembly Member Smith |
February 12, 2021 |
An act to amend Section 1104.1 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 626, as introduced, Smith.
Veterans’ homes: funding.
Existing law, the Veterans’ Homes Bond Act of 2000, requires the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under the act to be deposited in the Veterans’ Home Fund. Existing law requires money in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of designing and constructing veterans’ homes, as specified. Under existing law, an amount not to exceed $31,000,000 is continuously appropriated to the department, as specified, for the funding of the state’s matching requirement for the design, equipping, and construction of specified veterans’ homes.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1104.1 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read:1104.1.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the Veterans’ Home Fund established by Section 1103 are, subject to the limit set forth in subdivision (b), hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Department of Veterans Affairs, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance, for the funding of the state’s matching requirement for the design, equipping, and construction of all of the following:(1) The Veterans’ Home of California, Lancaster, as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 1011.
Lancaster.
(2) The Veterans’ Home of California, Saticoy, as described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 1011. Ventura.
(3) The Veterans’ Home of California, West Los Angeles, as provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 1104.
(b) The total amount appropriated in accordance with subdivision (a) may not exceed the sum of thirty-one million dollars ($31,000,000).
(c) The homes A
home specified in subdivision (a) may care for veterans with substance abuse disorders.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in addition to the funds appropriated pursuant to this section, the federal matching funds available pursuant to the State Veterans’ Home Assistance Improvement Act of 1977 (38 U.S.C. Sec. 8131 et seq.) are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Department of Veterans Affairs, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance, for the purpose of design, equipping, construction, renovation of, or expansion or repayment of any loan related to the projects specified in this section.
(e) Subject to approval of the Department of Finance, the Department of Veterans Affairs may expend state funds pursuant to this section for the design of projects specified in this section in
anticipation of the receipt of federal matching funds.
