Bill Text: CA SB112 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Veterans' Bill of Rights.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB112 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB112-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 112	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Roth

                        JANUARY 12, 2015

   An act to amend Section 713 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 112, as introduced, Roth. Department of Veterans Affairs: use
of real property.
   Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs, by July
1, 2016, to create a prioritized list of unused or underutilized
nonresidential real property owned by the department, and to propose
one or more potential uses that will benefit California veterans, as
specified.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 713 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   713.  (a) By July 1, 2016, the department shall do both of the
following:
   (1) Create a list of unused or underutilized nonresidential real
property owned by the department, including property on or near the
premises of existing department facilities.
   (2) Propose one or more potential uses of those properties that
will benefit California veterans and make a preferred recommendation
for use of each property, and in doing so, consider uses including,
but not limited to, the following services for veterans:
   (A) Housing.
   (B) Supportive services.
   (C) Health care and mental health care.
   (b) When identifying the unused or underutilized nonresidential
real properties, the department shall consider its inventory of
properties as an integrated system, and shall address how prospective
uses of the properties could complement each other.
   (c) The list of options shall be structured as a prioritized list
of projects determined by the department to constitute appropriate
uses for the properties identified in the  plan. 
 list. 
   (d) The Legislature finds and declares that after a use option for
a given location is identified pursuant to this section, further
study and evaluation may be necessary in order to fully determine the
feasibility of that use option and take steps toward its
implementation.