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2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1335.5.

1335.5. With respect to the design and construction of an enhanced memorial, the Department of General Services, in consultation with the committee, shall seek to accomplish the following goals:
(a) Review the preliminary design plans to identify potential maintenance concerns.
(b) Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336) and other safety concerns.
(c) Review and approval of proper California Environmental Quality Act documents prepared for work at the designated state grounds.
(d) Review of final construction documents to ensure that all requirements are met.
(e) Preparation and attainment of the right-of-entry permit outlining the final area of work, final construction documents, construction plans, the contractor hired to perform the work, insurance, bonding, provisions for damage to state property, and inspection requirements.
(f) Prepare a maintenance agreement outlining the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Committee’s responsibility for the long-term maintenance of the memorial due to aging, vandalism, or relocation.
(g) Inspect the construction performed by the contractor selected by the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Committee.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 520, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1336.

1336. The design of the enhanced memorial shall be as politically neutral as possible.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1221, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1338.

1338. The committee shall notify the Governor and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs when beautification and enhancement of the memorial pursuant to this chapter is complete. This chapter shall remain in effect only until, and shall be repealed on, January 1 of the year following that notification, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before that date, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 558, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed on date prescribed by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 7, commencing with Section 1330.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 8 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account › Section 1340.

1340. The California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account is hereby created in the General Fund. All funds received by the Department of Veterans Affairs under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1330) shall be deposited in the account for the design and construction of the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial as specified in Section 1341.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 558, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 8 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account › Section 1341.

1341. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all funds deposited in the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account established by Section 1340 are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the beautification and enhancement of an existing memorial and surrounding grounds at the State Capitol pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1330).
(b) On July 1, 2016, any moneys remaining in the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account shall revert to the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 22, Sec. 1. (SB 722) Effective June 4, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 8.5 - National World War II Veterans Memorial Trust Fund › Section 1350.

1350. There is hereby established the National World War II Veterans Memorial Trust Fund to receive those moneys transferred in accordance with Section 18702 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The moneys in the trust fund are hereby appropriated to the Controller for allocation to the American Battle Monuments Commission for the construction and maintenance of the World War II Memorial described in Section 1 of Chapter 864 of the Statutes of 1999.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 8.6 - Veterans Memorial Registry › Section 1360.

1360. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish a statewide Veterans Memorial Registry. The registry shall provide the location and condition of all known veterans memorials in California. The department may seek the assistance and cooperation of the Golden State Museum, State Archives, Secretary of State, Department of Information Technology, Department of Parks and Recreation, and other appropriate agencies, including agencies with expertise in historical sites.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 392, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 8.6 - Veterans Memorial Registry › Section 1361.

1361. The Veterans Memorial Registry shall be made available on the web site of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department shall provide the geographically referenced information in a readily accessible format that permits members of the public to submit information on memorials to the registry, which shall be updated on a regular basis.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 392, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 8.7 - Veterans Appreciation Week › Section 1365.

1365. In recognition of the efforts and sacrifices of veterans of the United States Armed Forces, the second full week in November is hereby annually designated as Veterans Appreciation Week.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 86, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9 - Northern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1400.

1400. (a) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in voluntary cooperation with the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and the boards of supervisors of other participating northern California counties as specified in Section 1401, shall design, develop, and construct a state-owned and state-operated Northern California Veterans Cemetery which shall be located in northern California.
(2) The department shall oversee and coordinate the design, development, and construction of the cemetery.
(b) (1) Those eligible for interment in the cemetery are all honorably discharged veterans and their spouses and children. A fee of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be charged for each spouse or child interred in the cemetery.
(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, the department shall adopt regulations to specify the eligibility requirements for interment in the cemetery.
(3) All fees received pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the Northern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance Fund created pursuant to Section 1401.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 604, Sec. 2. Effective October 10, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9 - Northern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1401.

1401. (a) For the purposes of Section 1400, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors may join with other northern California counties including, but not limited to, the Counties of Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity, to design, develop, and construct the cemetery.
(b) All moneys received for the design, development, and construction of the cemetery shall be deposited in the Northern California Veterans Cemetery Master Development Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of designing, developing, constructing, and equipping the cemetery. Moneys appropriated by the Legislature for these purposes shall also be deposited in the fund.
(c) (1) All moneys received for the maintenance of the cemetery, including moneys received pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1400, shall be deposited in the Northern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Any state funding for the annual maintenance of the cemetery shall be appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(2) It is estimated that, after the construction of the cemetery, four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) should be appropriated annually by the state or the participating northern California counties, or both, to the department for the operating costs of the cemetery.
(3) Total expenditures for operations and maintenance should not be more than six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) per fiscal year, as appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 74, Sec. 56. Effective July 19, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9 - Northern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1402.

1402. (a) Proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments and memorials to the cemetery shall be subject to review by an advisory committee comprised of the cemetery administrator, representatives from the County of Shasta, local veterans’ service organizations, and others as approved by the director.
(b) All proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments and memorials to the cemetery shall be subject to the approval of the director.
(c) The department shall adopt regulations for the policies and procedures to be followed with respect to the design, placement, and approval of monuments and memorials proposed to be placed on the cemetery grounds.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 74, Sec. 57. Effective July 19, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9 - Northern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1403.

1403. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the cemetery administrator, subject to the approval of the director, may accept donations of personal property, including cash or other gifts, to be used for the maintenance or beautification of the cemetery.
(b) Cash donations shall be deposited into the Northern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance Fund and shall be expended for the maintenance and repair of the facility or, subject to the approval of the director, for a specified cemetery maintenance or beautification project designated by the donor.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, donations deposited to the credit of the Northern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance Fund as authorized by this section shall be continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 74, Sec. 58. Effective July 19, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Southern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1410.

1410. (a) (1) Pursuant to Section 1412, the department, in voluntary cooperation with local government entities in the County of Orange, shall first study and then acquire, design, develop, construct, and equip a state-owned and state-operated Southern California Veterans Cemetery, which shall be located in the County of Orange. To qualify for this paragraph, a site shall have been studied by the department and the Department of General Services.
(2) The department shall conduct an acquisition study, in consultation with the Department of General Services, to assess the feasibility and costs of construction of the Southern California Veterans Cemetery.
(3) The department shall oversee and coordinate the study and subsequent acquisition, design, development, and construction of the cemetery.
(4) For purposes of this chapter, “department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) (1) Subject to the eligibility requirements described in Section 2402 of Title 38 of the United States Code, as it may be amended, honorably discharged veterans and their spouses and eligible dependent children are eligible for interment in the cemetery. The department shall establish a fee to be charged for interment of veteran spouses and eligible dependent children. The amount of the fee shall not exceed the reasonable costs to the department for interment in the cemetery.
(2) Subject to Section 1418, for the purposes of this subdivision, the department shall adopt regulations to specify the eligibility requirements for interment in the cemetery.
(3) All fees received pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance Fund created pursuant to Section 1412.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 579, Sec. 2. (AB 1595) Effective September 27, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Southern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1412.

1412. (a) For the purposes of Section 1410, all local government entities in the County of Orange may join together for the purpose of cooperating with the department in the design, development, construction, and equipment of the cemetery.
(b) (1) All moneys received for the study and subsequent acquisition, design, development, construction, and equipment of the cemetery shall be deposited in the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Master Development Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Expenditure of those moneys shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Moneys appropriated by the Legislature for these purposes shall also be deposited in the fund.
(2) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Study Donation Fund. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any local governmental entity or private organization in the County of Orange may donate moneys to the fund for the purpose of funding a study as described in paragraph (3). Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department for studies consistent with paragraph (3).
(3) (A) Upon receipt of sufficient moneys to complete a study, the department may study the feasibility of a site formally proposed by a local government in the County of Orange for the purpose of establishing a Southern California Veterans Cemetery, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 1410.
(B) Upon completion of the study, any excess funds shall be returned to the donor if requested or used to reimburse the state for expenditures made by the state for the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 1410.
(C) Any study conducted pursuant to this paragraph shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of cost, legal, logistical, environmental, and fire hazard factors in the evaluation of the site, and an analysis of whether the proposed site meets the basic federal requirements for a federally recognized veterans cemetery.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1416, all moneys received for the operation and maintenance of the cemetery, including moneys received pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1410, shall be deposited in the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Perpetual Maintenance Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Expenditure of those moneys shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds in the annual Budget Act to fund annual cemetery operations and maintenance and to enact any additional legislation that may be necessary to set dollar limits on funding for those operations and that maintenance.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 579, Sec. 3. (AB 1595) Effective September 27, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Southern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1414.

1414. (a) Proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments and memorials to the cemetery shall be subject to review by an advisory committee comprised of the cemetery administrator, representatives from local government entities within Orange County, local veterans’ service organizations, and others as approved by the secretary.
(b) All proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments and memorials to the cemetery shall be subject to the final approval of the secretary.
(c) Subject to Section 1418, the department shall adopt regulations for the policies and procedures to be followed with respect to the construction, placement, donation, and approval of monuments and memorials proposed to be placed on the cemetery grounds.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 646, Sec. 1. (AB 1453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Southern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1416.

1416. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the cemetery administrator, subject to the approval of the secretary, may accept donations of personal property, including cash or other gifts, to be used for the preliminary or conceptual design, construction, maintenance, beautification, and repair of the cemetery, or to reimburse the state for expenditures made by the state for these purposes.
(b) Cash donations made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deposited into the Southern California Veterans Cemetery Donations Fund, which is hereby created.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department for the maintenance, beautification, and repair of the cemetery or, subject to the approval of the secretary, for a specified cemetery maintenance or beautification project designated by the donor.
(2) Moneys deposited into the fund for the purpose of preliminary or conceptual design or for construction of the cemetery, or to reimburse the state for expenditures made by the state for the purposes described in subdivision (a), shall be made available only upon appropriation by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 28, Sec. 89. (SB 96) Effective June 27, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 9.5 - Southern California Veterans Cemetery › Section 1418.

1418. For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the department may adopt regulations. All regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 646, Sec. 1. (AB 1453) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1450.

1450. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) “Endowment Fund” means the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Endowment Fund.
(c) “Nonreimbursable costs of design and construction” means the costs of planning, design, and construction of the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord that are not reimbursable from the moneys received from the State Veterans Cemetery Grant Program as allowable costs as established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs State Veterans Cemetery Grant Program.
(d) “Operations and maintenance costs” means costs incurred by the department for the operations and maintenance of the veterans cemetery including, but not limited to, personnel costs, the opening and closing of graves, the interment of remains, committal service coordination, grounds keeping, landscaping, general maintenance, and janitorial services.
(e) “Operations Fund” means the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Operations Fund.
(f) “Phases” means the usual phases of a capital outlay project, and includes studies, preliminary plans, working drawings, including documents necessary to put the construction phase out to bid, and construction.
(g) “Veterans cemetery” means the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 694, Sec. 1. (SB 232) Effective October 10, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1450.1.

1450.1. (a) Pursuant to this chapter, the department, in voluntary cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey, the City of Seaside, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, and surrounding counties, cities, and local agencies, shall design, develop, and construct the state-owned and state-operated veterans cemetery, which shall be located on the site of the former Fort Ord.
(b) The department shall oversee and coordinate the design, development, construction, and equipping of the veterans cemetery.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the design of the veterans cemetery closely follows the concepts published in the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Fort Ord Development Master Plan as prepared for the Monterey County Redevelopment Agency.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 10107 of the Public Contract Code, and as authorized by Section 67679 of the Government Code, in fulfilling the requirements of subdivision (a), the department may enter into an agreement with the Fort Ord Reuse Authority for the project under subdivision (a) to be under the sole charge and direct control of the veterans cemetery public works project.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 267, Sec. 1. (AB 629) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1450.2.

1450.2. (a) The Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Advisory Committee that consists of the following persons appointed by the secretary:
(1) One representative from the County of Monterey, nominated by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey.
(2) One representative from the City of Seaside, nominated by the City Council of the City of Seaside.
(3) Three representatives from local veterans’ service organizations, appointed by the secretary.
(4) At least two members from the department.
(b) In recognition of the fact that the Endowment Fund will be made up largely of private and local funds, the department shall seek the advice of the Advisory Committee when considering significant changes in the design of the veterans cemetery.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 130, Sec. 1. (AB 2963) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1451.

1451. (a) The California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Endowment Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the Endowment Fund shall be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the nonreimbursable costs of design and construction and the annual operations and maintenance costs of the veterans cemetery for the next 10 years.
(b) Moneys in the fund may be invested to generate earnings to offset annual operations and maintenance costs associated with the veterans cemetery.
(c) (1) The Endowment Fund may consist of donations from public and private entities, partnerships between public and private entities, fees, cash advances, and transfers from the state General Fund as may be specified by law.
(2) The department may enter into any financial agreement to receive cash advances in the Endowment Fund, provided that the agreement does not require the state to repay or make payments on cash advances and the agreement is reviewed and approved by the Department of Finance.
(d) To the extent possible, donations made in-kind to the Endowment Fund shall be monetized so as to offset the ongoing operations and maintenance costs under Sections 1452 and 1453.
(e) Earnings generated by the Endowment Fund shall be retained by the fund.
(f) Moneys deposited in the Endowment Fund are exempt from the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11270) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code.
(g) Moneys in the Endowment Fund shall be invested by the Treasurer, after consultation with the department, in a manner that best meets the goals of the fund.
(h) If, through changes in state or federal law, additional revenues are identified for the operations and maintenance of the cemetery, including increases in federal burial allowances, so that the amount of annual revenue exceeds the annual operations and maintenance costs, the excess revenues shall be deposited in the Endowment Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 163. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1453.

1453. (a) (1) The Controller, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall transfer moneys from the Endowment Fund to the Operations Fund in an amount equal to the estimated costs of developing and submitting a State Veterans Cemetery Grant Program application to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2) The Controller, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall transfer funds from the Endowment Fund to the Operations Fund in an amount at least equal to the estimated costs to complete preliminary plans and working drawings. Transfers shall be made only when sufficient funds, as determined by the Director of Finance, exist to fully accomplish each of these project phases.
(b) (1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to act as the official representative of the state in connection with the State Veterans Cemetery Grant Program application, including providing the United States Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the application process with all necessary assurances that additional information shall be provided when required. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall have final approval of all aspects of the cemetery design and operation.
(2) Upon transfer of funds pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a), the department is authorized to proceed with all activities necessary to support the submission of the State Veterans Cemetery Grant Program application.
(3) Upon the United States Department of Veterans Affairs’ certification of the grant award, the department is authorized to proceed with construction and equipping of the veterans cemetery.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 135, Sec. 2. (SB 949) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1454.

1454. (a) The Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Master Development Fund is hereby renamed the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Operations Fund. Moneys in the Operations Fund may be transferred, upon appropriation by the Legislature, from the Endowment Fund to the Operations Fund for expenditure by the department, solely for the annual operations and maintenance costs of the veterans cemetery.
(b) (1) The Controller shall reserve an amount, not to exceed 20 percent of the amount allocated pursuant to subdivision (a), in the Operations Fund, which shall be used solely as a reserve for unforeseen operations and maintenance costs.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “unforeseen operations and maintenance costs” means any costs that could not have been reasonably anticipated by the department when preparing its estimate of annual operations and maintenance costs and that are needed to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 694, Sec. 5. (SB 232) Effective October 10, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1455.

1455. (a) Subsequent to the department’s submission of the State Veterans Cemetery Grant Program application, pursuant to Section 1453, the department shall adopt regulations to specify the eligibility requirements for interment, the appropriate fees to be charged for interment or burial of spouses and dependent children of honorably discharged veterans, and appropriate fees for the disinterment of remains.
(b) Those eligible for interment are all honorably discharged veterans and their spouses and dependent children.
(c) All fees received pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deposited in the Endowment Fund created pursuant to Section 1451.
(d) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall also be applicable to all state-operated veterans cemeteries in order to ensure consistent and equitable treatment of all veterans and their families throughout the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 450, Sec. 7. (AB 1757) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1456.

1456. (a) Proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments or memorials, excluding headstones, and other amenities to the veterans cemetery shall be subject to review by the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Advisory Committee.
(b) All proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments, memorials, and amenities to the veterans cemetery shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(c) The department shall adopt regulations for the policies and procedures to be followed with respect to the design, placement, and approval of monuments and memorials proposed to be placed on veterans cemetery grounds.
(d) Endowment Fund balances exceeding that determined to be sufficient to meet annual operations and maintenance costs, as determined pursuant to Section 1453, may be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of establishing monuments, memorials, and amenities.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 694, Sec. 6. (SB 232) Effective October 10, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10 - Central Coast Veterans Cemetery › Section 1457.

1457. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the veterans cemetery administrator may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, accept donations of personal property, including cash or other gifts, to be used for the maintenance or beautification of the veterans cemetery.
(b) Donations in the form of cash shall be deposited in the Endowment Fund and shall be expended for the maintenance and repair of the veterans cemetery or for a specified veterans cemetery maintenance or beautification project designated by the donor, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 450, Sec. 9. (AB 1757) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 10.5 - State Veterans Cemeteries Fee Waiver › Section 1480.

1480. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the fee for the interment of the spouses or children of eligible veterans in a cemetery operated under this division may be waived if the cemetery administrator determines that the families of the spouses or children do not have sufficient means to pay for the costs of interment.
(b) Any costs for the interment of the spouses or children of eligible veterans who received a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be paid from nonstate funds.
(c) The cemetery administrator shall seek reimbursements, if any are available, from federal, county, and other local agencies to offset any fees lost as a result of the waiver authorized pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) The cemetery administrator may solicit private donations to offset any fees lost as a result of the waiver authorized pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 589, Sec. 1. (SB 469) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1631.

1631. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1632.

1632. “Highway” includes any private or public street, way, or other place used for travel to or from property.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1633.

1633. “Highway commissioners” means any board or other body having authority to restrict or close any highway to public use and travel.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1634.

1634. “Public utility” includes any pipeline, gas, electric, heat, water, sewer, telephone, telegraph, radio, television, railway, railroad, airplane, transportation, communication, or other system, by whomsoever owned or operated for public use.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1635.

1635. “War” means any of the following:
(a) Whenever Congress has declared war, and peace has not been formally restored.
(b) Whenever the United States is engaged in active military operations against any foreign power, whether or not war has been formally declared.
(c) Whenever the United States is assisting the United Nations, in actions involving the use of armed force, to restore international peace and security.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1636.

1636. “Defense preparation” means any of the following:
(a) The manufacture, transportation, or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States or in the rendering of assistance by the United States to any other nation in connection with that nation’s defense.
(b) The manufacture, transportation, distribution, or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricty, or water.
(c) The operation of any public utility.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
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1637. If conduct prohibited by this chapter is also made unlawful by another law, the offender may be convicted for the violation of this chapter or of the other law.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
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1639. This chapter shall not be construed:
(a) To impair, curtail, or destroy the right of employees and their representatives to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
(b) To impair, curtail, or destroy the rights of employees, former employees, and their representatives to strike.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1640.

1640. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1650.

1650. Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation, or the State or any of its political subdivisions engaged in, or preparing to engage in, defense preparation, whose property, except where it fronts on water or where there are entrances for railway cars, vehicles, persons, or things, is enclosed, may post around its property at each gate, entrance, dock, or railway entrance and every 100 feet of water front a sign reading “no entry without permission.”
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1651.

1651. Any person who without permission of the owner wilfully enters upon any premises posted pursuant to Section 1650 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1652.

1652. Any peace officer or any person employed as a security guard or in a supervisory capacity on premises posted pursuant to Section 1650 may stop any person found on the premises and may detain that person for the purpose of demanding his or her name, address, and the reason for the person’s presence. If the peace officer or employee has reason to believe that the person so interrogated has no right to be on the premises, he or she may arrest the person without a warrant on the charge of violating Section 1651.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 114, Sec. 75. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1653.

1653. Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation, or the State or any of its political subdivisions engaged in or preparing to engage in defense preparation, who has property so used which he believes will be endangered if public use and travel is not restricted or prohibited on any abutting highway, may petition the highway commissioners of any city or county to close or to restrict the use of and travel upon any part of the abutting highway lying within 150 feet of such property.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1654.

1654. Upon receipt of a petition, the highway commissioners shall set a day for hearing and give notice thereof by publication pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the city or county in which such property is located. Notice shall be given at least seven days prior to the date set for hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1655.

1655. If after hearing the highway commissioners determine that the public safety and the safety of the property of the petitioner require that public use and travel upon any abutting highway be closed or restricted within 150 feet or less of the property, they shall issue such an order.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1656.

1656. Appropriate notices in letters at least three inches high shall be posted conspicuously at each end of any highway so closed or restricted by such order.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 2 - Protection of Property Used for Defense Preparation › Section 1658.

1658. The highway commissioners may issue written permits to travel over the highways so closed or restricted to responsible and reputable persons for such term, under such conditions, and in such form as the commissioners prescribe.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
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1659. Any person who violates any order made under Section 1655 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 3 - Sabotage › Section 1670.

1670. Any person who intentionally and maliciously destroys, impairs, injures, interferes, or tampers with real or personal property with reasonable grounds to believe that such act will hinder, delay, or interfere with the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war, or with the prosecution of war by the United States, or with the rendering of assistance by the United States to any other nation in connection with that nation’s defense, is guilty of a felony.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 3 - Sabotage › Section 1671.

1671. Any person who intentionally and maliciously makes or causes to be made or intentionally and maliciously omits to note on inspection any defect in any article or thing with reasonable grounds to believe that such article or thing is intended to be used in connection with the preparation of the United States or any state for defense or for war, or for the prosecution of war by the United States, or with the rendering of assistance by the United States to any other nation in connection with that nation’s defense, or that such article or thing is one of a number of similar articles or things, some of which are intended so to be used, is guilty of a felony.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 68.)
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1672. Any person who is guilty of violating Section 1670 or 1671 is punishable as follows:
(a) If the act or failure to act causes the death of any person, a person violating this section is punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison for life without possibility of parole. The penalty shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of Sections 190.3 and 190.4 of the Penal Code. If the act or failure to act causes great bodily injury to any person, a person violating this section is punishable by life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
(b) If the act or failure to act does not cause the death of, or great bodily injury to, any person, the person violating this section is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, four, or six years, by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. However, if a person so acts or so fails to act with the intent to hinder, delay, or interfere with the preparation of the United States or of any state for defense or for war, or with the prosecution of war by the United States, or with the rendering of assistance by the United States to any other nation in connection with that nation’s defense, the person is punishable by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for three, five, or seven years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 226. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 7 - NATIONAL DEFENSE › CHAPTER 2 - Sabotage Prevention Act of 1950 › ARTICLE 3 - Sabotage › Section 1673.

1673. Any person who attempts to commit any of the crimes defined by this chapter is punishable as provided in Section 664 of the Penal Code, except that attempts to commit crimes defined by Sections 1670 and 1671 are punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three or four years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. In addition to the acts which constitute an attempt to commit a crime under the law of this state, the solicitation or incitement of another to commit any of the crimes defined by this chapter not followed by the commission of the crime, the collection or assemblage of any materials with the intent that they are to be used then or at a later time in the commission of such crime, or the entry, with or without permission, of a building, enclosure, or other premises of another with the intent to commit any such crime constitutes an attempt to commit such crime.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 227. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)