Bill Text: CA SB193 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: The state militia.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 533, Statutes of 2015. [SB193 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB193-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 193	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  533
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 6, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 6, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 8, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 18, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senators Nielsen
(Chair), Allen, Hueso, Nguyen, and Roth)

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 102 and 451 of the Military and Veterans
Code, relating to the state militia.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 193, Committee on Veterans Affairs. The state militia.
   Existing law adopts the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the
Manual for Courts-Martial, as governing and applicable to the active
state militia, including the California National Guard.
   This bill would delete outdated references to executive orders and
statutes creating the Manual for Courts-Martial and the Uniform Code
of Military Justice, update specified references, and provide that
these apply except as otherwise provided in the California Manual for
Courts-Martial or other regulations adopted by the Governor or the
Adjutant General.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 102 of the Military and Veterans Code is
amended to read:
   102.  The Uniform Code of Military Justice (Chapter 47 (commencing
with Section 801) of Title 10 of the United States Code) and the
rules and regulations adopted thereunder, together with the Manual
for Courts-Martial, United States, are hereby adopted as a part of
this code and shall govern and be applicable, except as otherwise
provided in this code or in the California Manual for Courts-Martial
or other regulations adopted by the Governor or the Adjutant General,
to the active militia, including the California National Guard.
  SEC. 2.  Section 451 of the Military and Veterans Code is amended
to read:
   451.  (a) The constitution and jurisdiction of general
courts-martial, special courts-martial, summary courts-martial, and
courts of inquiry, the form and manner in which the proceedings are
conducted and recorded, the forms of oaths and affirmations taken in
the administration of military law by such courts, the limits of
punishment, and the proceedings in the revision thereof, shall be
governed by the terms of the laws and regulations governing the
United States Army, Air Force, or Navy, and the law and procedure of
similar courts of the United States Army, Air Force, or Navy, except
as otherwise provided in this chapter.
   (b) The provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and
the rules and regulations published thereunder, shall govern and be
applicable to the active militia, including the California National
Guard, except as otherwise provided in this code, the California
Manual for Courts-Martial, or other regulations as adopted by the
Governor or Adjutant General.