Bill Text: CA AJR7 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans: first businesses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-20-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 122, Statutes of 2015. [AJR7 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AJR7-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AJR 7 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 122
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 21, 2015
ADOPTED IN SENATE JULY 6, 2015
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 22, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 22, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 14, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mathis
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Achadjian, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos,
Chang, Chau, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd,
Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto,
Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden,
Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes,
McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, Patterson,
Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Relative to veterans business enterprise.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AJR 7, Mathis. Veterans: first businesses.
This measure would request the Congress of the United States of
America to further amend the GI Bill of Rights to make benefits
available to veterans for use as startup capital in the establishment
of first businesses.
WHEREAS, Men and women of the State of California volunteer to
serve in the Armed Forces of the United States in greater numbers
than those from any other state; and
WHEREAS, California is currently home to more than 1,800,000
veterans of our Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS, California veterans have been grateful recipients of the
financial support of their fellow Americans through the Veterans
Administration and the GI Bill; and
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States passed, and President
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, the GI Bill of Rights in 1944 to
support our veterans of World War II in their transition back to
civilian life; and
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States in 2008 added
significant new benefits for those who enlisted to serve the nation
in the wake of the attacks on the United States on September 11,
2001; and
WHEREAS, Up to 10 percent of veterans choose to start, run, and
own their own businesses; and
WHEREAS, Over 30 percent of veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Operation Enduring Freedom, and other fronts on the war against
terrorism are receiving disability ratings from the federal Veterans
Administration; and
WHEREAS, More than five million Americans, including over one-half
million Californians, served in those conflicts; and
WHEREAS, The State of California is the recognized national leader
in the establishment and success of veteran business owner
procurement support programs; and
WHEREAS, Veteran businesses make a significant contribution to the
state's economy and serve as a source of employment for fellow
veterans; and
WHEREAS, Finding enough capital to successfully launch a new
business or buy an existing business is the largest challenge that
new business owners face; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature requests that the Congress
of the United States of America further amend the GI Bill of Rights
to make benefits available, with all appropriate safeguards, to all
veterans for use as startup capital in the establishment of first
businesses; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the
Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative
from California in the Congress of the United States.
