Bill Text: CA SB722 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 22, Statutes of 2014. [SB722 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB722-Enrolled.html

---

BILL NUMBER: SB 722	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 23, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa
   (Coauthors: Senators Block, Hueso, Knight, Nielsen, and Roth)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Brown, Eggman, Grove, and
Quirk-Silva)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1341 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring
the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 722, Correa.  California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial
Beautification and Enhancement Fund: extension of operation.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to
establish a California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial
Beautification Committee for the purpose of beautification and
enhancement of a specified existing memorial on state grounds. Under
existing law funds for the beautification and enhancement of the
memorial are required to be provided through private contributions
and through existing funds collected under the auspices of the former
California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification
Commission. Under existing law these funds are required to be
deposited in the California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial
Beautification and Enhancement Account, a continuously appropriated
account within the General Fund. Existing law requires any funds
remaining in the account as of July 1, 2014, to revert to the General
Fund.
   This bill would extend the date for the reversion of funds in this
account until July 1, 2016.
   By extending the operation of a continuously appropriated account,
this bill would make an appropriation.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1341 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   1341.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
all funds deposited in the California Mexican American Veterans'
Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account established by
Section 1340 are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to
fiscal year, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the
beautification and enhancement of an existing memorial and
surrounding grounds at the State Capitol pursuant to Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 1330).
   (b) On July 1, 2016, any moneys remaining in the California
Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification and Enhancement
Account shall revert to the General Fund.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to prevent the expiration of funding needed for the
beautification and enhancement of the California Mexican American
Veterans' Memorial, it is necessary for this act to take effect
immediately.