Title MVC, California Mil. & Vet. Code

The Adjutant General succeeds to, and is vested with, the duties, power, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Military Affairs and of the officers and employees of that division. The Adjutant General shall, in addition to all other duties, be the head o…

The Adjutant General may enter into agreements to provide for joint and several liability and indemnity to private agencies and persons for injuries to third parties arising out of a negligent act or omission by a member of the California National Guard while involved in on-the-j…

(a) (1) A commander, deputy commander, regional advisor, officer, warrant officer, or noncommissioned officer appointed or detailed pursuant to Section 502, 502.1, 512, 513, or 515 who is wounded, injured, disabled, or killed in the performance of ordered duty is entitled to rece…

(a) The principal and governing board of a private educational institution, charter school, or military academy in which a J.R.O.T.C. or R.O.T.C. unit is not maintained, but which otherwise meets the qualifications prescribed by this chapter and any rules and regulations that may…

(a) The Adjutant General may enter into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit public benefit education corporation if the corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws expressly support the goals of the California Cadet Corps and the net earnings or assets of the corporat…

The creation of the Military Department shall in no manner affect the status, position, pay, classification, rights, duties, obligations, responsibilities, or tenure, as the same exist on the effective date of this act, of any person, employee, appointee, officer, enlisted person…

(a) The Military Department may require service members, employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check. (b) The Military Department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint i…

All unexpended balances appropriated for the use of the office of the Adjutant General, the Adjutant General, the National Guard, the State Guard or the Naval Militia and not required by the office of the Adjutant General, the Adjutant General, the National Guard, the State Guard…

(a) A person serving in the position of inspector general shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) Be appointed by the Governor, with consideration of the recommendation of the Adjutant General and notification to the Senate Committee on Rules, and shall serve a four-…

(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the “California Military Whistleblower Protection Act.” (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not do any of the following: (1) (A) Restrict a member of the department from communicating with a Member of Congress, t…

(a) A member of the department who intentionally engages in acts of reprisal, retaliation, threats, coercion, or similar acts against any other member or former member of the department, or employee of any department, board, or authority, for having disclosed what the member or f…

The Military Department shall provide, at a minimum, one training per year to the department’s civil service employees regarding the role and responsibility of the California Military Department Inspector General and their rights under the California Military Whistleblower Protec…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 9795 and 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before July 1 of each year, the department shall report the following information to the Governor, the Legislature, the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, and the Assembly Committee on Veterans Affairs…

(a) There is in the state government a Governor’s Military Council (council) that shall serve under the direction of the Military Department and consist of members appointed by the Governor. The council shall advise the Governor on efforts to retain military installations and ope…

(a) “Flag,” as used in this division, means the State Flag of California and the Flag of the United States, as defined in this section. (b) “State Flag of California” includes any flag, standard, color, or ensign authorized by the laws of this state, and every picture or represen…

(a) The colors and standards carried by organizations of the National Guard or Naval Militia shall be those which are carried by similar organizations of the United States Army, Air Force, or Navy, except that the regimental or battalion colors or standards may show the state coa…

No military organization provided for by the Constitution and laws of this State and receiving State support shall, while under arms, either for ceremony or duty, carry any device, banner or flag of any State or Nation except that of the United States or of this State. (Enacted b…

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly casts contempt upon any Flag of the United States or of this state by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1364.)

No provision of this code or of any law of this State which makes unlawful the use of the flag of the United States or of this State or of any picture or representation thereof shall apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States or of this State or by any regula…

Any person who displays a red flag, banner, or badge or any flag, badge, banner, or device of any color or form whatever in any public place or in any meeting place or public assembly, or from or on any house, building, or window as a sign, symbol, or emblem of forceful or violen…

No other flag or pennant shall be placed above, or if on the same level, to the right of the Flag of the United States of America, except during church services, when the church flag may be flown. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 551.)

As used in this division, “department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 328.)

The department constitutes a public corporation and may on behalf of the State hold property, request and receive donations, contract, sue and be sued, and has all other rights and powers provided by the Constitution and laws of the State as belonging to public corporations. (Ame…

The department may cooperate and contract with the duly authorized representative of the United States Government in carrying out the provisions of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 328.)

All State and county officials shall furnish all required information to the department, upon request, and shall further assist the department in any manner in accordance with law and without charge therefor. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 328.)

(a) The processing of claims for veterans and their dependents and survivors shall include the filing of the initial claim, the representation of the claimant before boards and offices of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and the filing of appeals related to the c…

(a) The department may assist every veteran of the United States and the dependent or survivor of every veteran of the United States in presenting and pursuing the claim as the veteran, dependent, or survivor may have against the United States arising out of military service and …

The department may make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 328.)

In the event that the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 are amended in such manner as to make the guarantees by the United States of loans to veterans for farms and homes applicable to purchases of farms and homes from the Department of Veterans Affairs purs…

All salaries and expenses of the Division of Farm and Home Purchases shall be paid out of the Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943 and no part thereof shall be paid from the General Fund. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 484.)

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may establish a pilot project for the purpose of establishing a cooperative housing project. (b) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall work in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Community Development to implement the pilot pro…

(a) The department shall publicize information pertaining to benefit programs that are available to qualified homeless veterans, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The veterans pension programs administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs…

(a) If the federal government acts to reinstate benefits to discharged veterans, regardless of their discharge classification, who were denied those benefits solely on the basis of sexual orientation pursuant to any federal policy prohibiting homosexual personnel from serving in …

The department shall do both of the following: (a) Make available to family members of veterans returning from active duty both of the following: (1) (A) User-friendly Internet resources that provide information on the signs of pertinent ailments from various conflicts, including…

(a) By July 1, 2016, the department shall do both of the following: (1) Create a list of unused or underutilized nonresidential real property owned by the department, including property on or near the premises of existing department facilities. (2) Propose one or more potential u…

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Consumer Affairs shall both, in consultation with each other, take appropriate steps to increase awareness regarding professional licensing benefits available to veterans and their spouses. (b) The awareness efforts in …

(a) The department shall provide one employee, trained and accredited by the department, for every five state prisons to assist incarcerated veterans in applying for and receiving any federal or other veterans’ benefits for which the veterans or their families may be eligible. (b…

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Veterans’ Homes Bond Act of 2000. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 728, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 16 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Board” means the Department of Veterans Affairs designated in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 1108. (b) “Committee” means the Veterans’ Home Finance Committee created pursuant to subdivision …

The militia of the State shall consist of the National Guard, State Guard and the Naval Militia—which constitute the active militia—and the unorganized militia. (Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 97, Sec. 14. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2021.)

The unorganized militia consists of all persons liable to service in the militia, but not members of the National Guard, the State Guard, or the Naval Militia. (Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 97, Sec. 15. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2021.)

The militia of the State consists of all able-bodied male citizens and all other able-bodied males who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who are between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, and who are residents of the State, and of such other…

Whenever the Governor deems it necessary, they may order an enrollment to be made by officers designated by the Governor, of all persons liable to service in the militia. The enrollment shall include any information that the Governor may require. Three copies thereof shall be mad…

Enrollment shall be made upon such notice and in such manner as the Governor may direct. Every person required by such notice to enroll who fails or refuses so to do is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

The following persons shall be exempt from military service: (a) Persons exempt from military service by the laws of the United States. (b) Regular or duly ordained ministers of religion. (c) Students preparing for the ministry in recognized theological or divinity schools. (d) P…

The Governor shall appoint boards in number and personnel as will best accomplish the enrollment and such boards shall be vested with the authority and power of passing upon and determining the claims of exemption filed under section 125. An appeal to the Governor may be taken fr…