BILL NUMBER: SB 422INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senators Denham (Chair), Cedillo, Correa, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Wiggins, and Wyland) FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 1636 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to the military. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 422, as introduced, Committee on Veterans Affairs. National defense. Existing law for national defense provides for the Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 and includes definitions for terms therein, including a definition for "defense preparation." This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision. 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 1636 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended to read: 1636. "Defense preparation" means any of the following: (a) The manufacture, transportation, or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States or in the rendering of assistance by the United States to any other nation in connection with that nation's defense. (b) The manufacture, transportation, distribution, or storage of gas, oil, coal,electrictyelectricity , or water. (c) The operation of any public utility.