BILL NUMBER: AB 671INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Krekorian FEBRUARY 25, 2009 An act relating to the Public Safety Medal of Honor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 671, as introduced, Krekorian. Public Safety Medal of Honor. The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act authorizes the Governor to annually award and present in the name of the State of California a Medal of Valor to one public safety officer, as defined, who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to establish a Medal of Honor to bestow on a public safety officer who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity, has been wounded or killed, or who has died or may die after being wounded in the line of duty. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a Medal of Honor to bestow on a public safety officer who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity, has been wounded or killed, or who has died or may die after being wounded in the line of duty. It is the intent of the Legislature to model this award after the Medal of Valor.