CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1018Introduced by Senator ChangFebruary 14, 2020 An act to add Section 708 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1018, as introduced, Chang. Veterans: Governors Memorial Certificate.Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs within state government and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration of various programs providing benefits to veterans. Existing law authorizes the department to design, develop, and construct state-owned and state-operated veterans cemeteries, as specified, in northern, southern, and central California.This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, to establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans. The bill would require the program to send a Governors Memorial Certificate to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery, and would require that certificate to be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 708 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:708. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, shall establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans.(b) Under the program established pursuant to subdivision (a), a Governors Memorial Certificate shall be sent to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery.(c) The certificate shall additionally be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1018Introduced by Senator ChangFebruary 14, 2020 An act to add Section 708 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1018, as introduced, Chang. Veterans: Governors Memorial Certificate.Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs within state government and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration of various programs providing benefits to veterans. Existing law authorizes the department to design, develop, and construct state-owned and state-operated veterans cemeteries, as specified, in northern, southern, and central California.This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, to establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans. The bill would require the program to send a Governors Memorial Certificate to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery, and would require that certificate to be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1018
Introduced by Senator ChangFebruary 14, 2020
Introduced by Senator Chang
February 14, 2020
An act to add Section 708 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1018, as introduced, Chang. Veterans: Governors Memorial Certificate.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs within state government and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration of various programs providing benefits to veterans. Existing law authorizes the department to design, develop, and construct state-owned and state-operated veterans cemeteries, as specified, in northern, southern, and central California.This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, to establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans. The bill would require the program to send a Governors Memorial Certificate to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery, and would require that certificate to be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs within state government and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration of various programs providing benefits to veterans. Existing law authorizes the department to design, develop, and construct state-owned and state-operated veterans cemeteries, as specified, in northern, southern, and central California.
This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, to establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans. The bill would require the program to send a Governors Memorial Certificate to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery, and would require that certificate to be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 708 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:708. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, shall establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans.(b) Under the program established pursuant to subdivision (a), a Governors Memorial Certificate shall be sent to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery.(c) The certificate shall additionally be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 708 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:708. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, shall establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans.(b) Under the program established pursuant to subdivision (a), a Governors Memorial Certificate shall be sent to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery.(c) The certificate shall additionally be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
SECTION 1. Section 708 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
708. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, shall establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans.(b) Under the program established pursuant to subdivision (a), a Governors Memorial Certificate shall be sent to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery.(c) The certificate shall additionally be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
708. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, shall establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans.(b) Under the program established pursuant to subdivision (a), a Governors Memorial Certificate shall be sent to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery.(c) The certificate shall additionally be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
708. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, shall establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans.(b) Under the program established pursuant to subdivision (a), a Governors Memorial Certificate shall be sent to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery.(c) The certificate shall additionally be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.
708. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Governor, shall establish a Governors Memorial Certificate Program to honor the memory of deceased veterans.
(b) Under the program established pursuant to subdivision (a), a Governors Memorial Certificate shall be sent to the survivors of any deceased veteran eligible for burial in a national or state veterans cemetery.
(c) The certificate shall additionally be accompanied by information directing survivors to county veteran service offices.