BILL NUMBER: SB 630	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Aanestad

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to amend Section 15819.60 of the Government Code, relating
to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 630, as introduced, Aanestad. Veterans' homes.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services, on
behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to acquire, design,
equip, construct, and establish additional veterans' homes to be
located in Lancaster, Saticoy, West Los Angeles, Fresno County, and
Shasta County.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 15819.60 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15819.60.  (a) The Department of General Services, on behalf of
the Department of Veterans Affairs, may acquire, design, equip,
construct, and establish additional veterans' homes to be located in
Lancaster, Saticoy, West Los Angeles, Fresno County, and Shasta
County.
   (b) The Department of General Services, on behalf of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, may design, equip, construct, and
renovate the veterans' homes at Yountville, Barstow, and Chula Vista,
as needed and justified.
   (c) The Department of General Services, on behalf of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, may design, equip, construct, and
expand the homes proposed to be built at Lancaster, Saticoy, and West
Los Angeles, as needed and justified.
   (d) The construction of veterans' homes in Fresno County and
Shasta County may not commence until the veterans' homes in
Lancaster, Saticoy, and West Los Angeles have been  fully
  completely  funded.
   (e) The veterans' homes to be constructed in Fresno County and
Shasta County may be built concurrently. However, the construction of
the veterans' homes in Redding and Fresno shall be treated as
separate public works projects that are subject to separate bids.
   (f) The Department of General Services, on behalf of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, may acquire, design, equip,
construct, and establish the veterans' homes to be constructed in
Fresno and Shasta Counties using the design-build construction
procurement process in accordance with Section 14661.