Bill Text: CA AB684 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: County veterans service officers: additional resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB684 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB684-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 684
| Introduced by Assembly Member Ta |
February 13, 2023 |
An act to add Section 972.3 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 684, as introduced, Ta.
County veterans service officers: additional resources.
Existing law authorizes each county board of supervisors to appoint a county veterans service officer, and permits the county to provide the officer with any assistance and facilities that it determines to be necessary. Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to disburse funds, appropriated to the department for the purpose of supporting county veterans service officers pursuant to the annual Budget Act, on a pro rata basis, to counties that comply with certain conditions
This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, provide a stipend to counties that host an active United States military base for the purposes of maintaining a county veterans service officer, at least part time, at each active United States military base in the county, subject to base approval.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) County veterans service officers generate higher benefits for the veterans who use their service, bringing more federal benefits to California.
(b) More than 33,000 service members were discharged from active duty in California in 2019.
(c) By providing these separating service members access to the benefits to which they are entitled, we can help new veterans offset the high cost of living in California, helping both the veteran and their family remain in California after they separate.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure adequate resources are made available to California counties that are home to one or more active United States military bases so that they are able to station a county veterans service officer at each military base, at least part time, subject to base approval.
