Bill Text: CA SB1384 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Military Reserve: arms and equipment.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-04 - To Com. on V.A. [SB1384 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1384-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1384	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senators Denham
(Chair), Cedillo, Correa, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Wiggins, and
Wyland)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 554 of the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to state military.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1384, as introduced, Committee on Veterans Affairs. State
Military Reserve: arms and equipment.
   Existing law authorizes the Governor to submit requisitions to the
United States Secretary of Defense for arms or equipment not
required by the Department of the Army or allotted to the State
Military Reserve. Existing law authorizes the Governor to provide
arms and equipment to the State Military Reserve that are not
furnished by the Department of the Army and are required in the
defense of the state.
   This bill would instead require the Governor to provide such arms
and equipment in the absence of federal support.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 554 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   554.  (a) For the use of the State Military Reserve, the Governor
may submit requisitions to the United States Secretary of Defense for
any arms and equipment in the possession of and excess to or not
required by the Department of the Army or  alloted 
 allotted  or available to the State Military Reserve. The
Governor  may   shall, in the absence of federal
support,  provide arms and equipment to the State Military
Reserve which are not furnished by the Department of the Army and are
required in the defense of the state. The Governor may make
available to the State Military Reserve armories and other state
premises, property, supplies, and equipment as may be available.
   (b) The members of the State Military Reserve may be male or
female and are members of the state militia for purposes of this
code.
   (c) All unexpended balances appropriated for the use of the
California National Guard or the Adjutant General and not required by
the California National Guard or the Adjutant General may be
expended by the Adjutant General for the use and benefit of the State
Military Reserve and its members. Section 255 does not apply to the
State Military Reserve.