Amended IN Senate June 20, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1350Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023 An act to repeal and add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1350, as amended, Soria. Veterans: memorials.Existing law creates various memorials to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including, among others, the memorial to Californias Vietnam veterans on the grounds of the State Capitol.This bill would create the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate the fund to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol. The bill would make the department responsible for administering the fund, including the prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies. fund. The bill would require the department to prioritize Department of Veterans Affairs to, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, prioritize memorials that do not have formal support from another body for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services to collaborate pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code is repealed.SEC. 2. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) is added to Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, to read: CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for administering administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, including prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies in order to meet other requirements of state law. Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
Amended IN Senate June 20, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1350Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023 An act to repeal and add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1350, as amended, Soria. Veterans: memorials.Existing law creates various memorials to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including, among others, the memorial to Californias Vietnam veterans on the grounds of the State Capitol.This bill would create the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate the fund to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol. The bill would make the department responsible for administering the fund, including the prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies. fund. The bill would require the department to prioritize Department of Veterans Affairs to, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, prioritize memorials that do not have formal support from another body for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services to collaborate pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 20, 2023
Amended IN Senate June 20, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1350
Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Soria
February 16, 2023
An act to repeal and add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1350, as amended, Soria. Veterans: memorials.
Existing law creates various memorials to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including, among others, the memorial to Californias Vietnam veterans on the grounds of the State Capitol.This bill would create the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate the fund to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol. The bill would make the department responsible for administering the fund, including the prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies. fund. The bill would require the department to prioritize Department of Veterans Affairs to, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, prioritize memorials that do not have formal support from another body for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services to collaborate pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out these provisions.
Existing law creates various memorials to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, including, among others, the memorial to Californias Vietnam veterans on the grounds of the State Capitol.
This bill would create the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate the fund to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol. The bill would make the department responsible for administering the fund, including the prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies. fund. The bill would require the department to prioritize Department of Veterans Affairs to, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, prioritize memorials that do not have formal support from another body for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services to collaborate pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out these provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code is repealed.SEC. 2. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) is added to Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, to read: CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for administering administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, including prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies in order to meet other requirements of state law. Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code is repealed.
SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) of Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code is repealed.
### SECTION 1.
SEC. 2. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) is added to Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, to read: CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for administering administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, including prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies in order to meet other requirements of state law. Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
SEC. 2. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300) is added to Division 6 of the Military and Veterans Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for administering administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, including prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies in order to meet other requirements of state law. Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for administering administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, including prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies in order to meet other requirements of state law. Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials
CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials
1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.
1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.
1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for administering administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, including prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies in order to meet other requirements of state law. Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.
1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for administering administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, including prioritization of work, management of projects, and coordination with state and private bodies in order to meet other requirements of state law. Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.
1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.