Title MVC — California Mil. & Vet. Code

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, “veteran” means a person who has been honorably discharged from the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard, United States Space Force, …

The board of supervisors of any county may grant financial assistance, relief, and support to indigent veterans. Such assistance, relief, and support shall be administered through and by any military, naval, or marine organization created for the purpose of aiding, relieving and …

Any organization desiring to assist indigent veterans shall first file with the board of supervisors of the county in which it is operating or intending to operate, a verified statement setting forth the following: (a) Name, objects, and purposes of the organization. One of the p…

Upon the filing of the statement the board of supervisors shall set a day for its consideration not more than ten days after the date of filing. At least five days’ notice of the hearing shall be given by mail to the clerk or secretary of the organization. (Enacted by Stats. 1935…

On the day set, the board of supervisors shall, after hearing any evidence presented, determine by resolution entered upon its minutes whether the organization is qualified to carry out this article. The resolution shall be effective for a period of one year only and may be revok…

(a) No money shall be transferred to any person under this article except to the treasurer or financial officer whose name is given in the statement required by Section 922. (b) The treasurer or financial officer shall, before receiving any money hereunder, file with the board of…

Upon receipt of a request from any organization qualified under this article, giving the names of all indigent veterans for whom relief is desired, together with the branch of service, division, regiment, and company, or other unit or designation by which each of such veterans ma…

All money paid out by any county under this article shall be used by the organization receiving it exclusively for the relief of indigent veterans and no part of it shall ever be used for administration or overhead expenses. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

The indigent and dependent surviving spouse or domestic partner, minor child, father, or mother of any indigent veteran may be granted relief by the organization out of the money available under this article.

The necessary expenses, not to exceed three hundred fifty dollars ($350), for burial or cremation of any indigent veteran may be paid out of the money available under this article.

The money necessary to carry out this article may be taken from the general fund of the county.

Any municipal corporation may extend assistance to any organization under this article. In such case all proceedings required to be had before the board of supervisors of the county shall be had before the legislative body of the city. The words “board of supervisors,” “county,” …

The governing board of any county may grant financial assistance, relief, and support to a disabled veteran, as defined in Section 999.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, “veteran” means a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Philippine Commonwealth Army, the Regular Scouts (“Old Scouts”), and the Special Philippin…

As used in this article, the terms “burial” and “interment” include cremation, except that the election of the form of interment as between burial and cremation shall be made pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 7100 of the Health and Safety Code.

This article shall not apply to soldiers, sailors, or marines who die in the national or State soldiers’ homes in this State. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

The board of supervisors of each county shall designate an honorably discharged veteran of the United States military or a member of a veterans’ remains organization, as defined in Section 951, who shall cause to be decently interred the body of any veteran or spouse or eligible …

Such burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground, or any portion thereof, used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

When a deceased veteran or a surviving spouse or domestic partner of a veteran has been interred other than by the person designated by the board of supervisors, the person so designated may pay the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) toward the burial expenses of the perso…

The expenses to the county of each burial or contribution shall not exceed the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350). Claims therefor are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Cod…

Such claims shall be paid by the county in which the veteran or surviving spouse or domestic partner dies. If the decedent was a resident of any other county than the one paying the claim, the county of the decedent’s residence shall refund the money advanced by the county where …

The person appointed under section 942, before he assumes the charge and expenses of any burial, shall first satisfy himself by a careful inquiry into and examination of all the circumstances in the case that the family of the decedent, if any, residing in the county, is unable f…

The clerk of the board of supervisors, upon receiving the report and statement of expenses, shall transcribe in a book kept for that purpose all the facts contained in the report respecting such decedent. The clerk, upon the burial of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or …

The board of supervisors shall perpetually maintain the grave of any such honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine. The expenses thus incurred shall be audited and paid as provided in section 946 for burial expenses. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

The person appointed under section 942 shall receive no compensation for any duties he may perform in compliance with this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

(a) “Veteran status information” means the data required by the Department of Veterans Affairs to verify the status of a decedent as either a veteran or the dependent of a veteran for purposes of eligibility for burial in a national or state cemetery, including the person’s name,…

The public administrator of the county shall make every reasonable effort to determine if the unclaimed remains of a decedent referred to the public administrator belong to a veteran or the dependent of a veteran. If there is reason to believe that the remains belong to a veteran…

(a) A cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in possession of the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran, shall, upon request of a veterans’ remains organization and after verifying the status of the veterans’ remains organization as an organization…

(a) A veterans’ remains organization shall take all reasonable steps to inter the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran received in accordance with this article. (b) A veterans’ remains organization that receives and inters the cremated remains of a veteran or d…

The board of supervisors of each county is encouraged to designate personnel from a veterans’ remains organization, as defined in Section 951, to fulfill the role created in Section 942.

(a) (1) A county veteran service officer that determines, pursuant to Section 951.5, that unclaimed remains are those of a veteran or dependent of a veteran, and that the remains meet the criteria for interment by a veterans’ remains organization pursuant to Section 952, shall re…

Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains, which is established or organized under the authority of the board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, there is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States wh…

Whenever in any cemetery or place of burial of human remains there is any known grave of a former soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States who was not dishonorably discharged from the service, the board of supervisors of any county as to territory, whether incorporated or …

Any fraternal or benevolent organization which maintains a plot in a place of burial mentioned in section 960, which is devoted exclusively to the burial of soldiers, sailors, or marines of the United States, may apply under this article to the board of supervisors of the county …

The officers who are charged by law with raising money by taxation for maintaining any such cemetery or place of burial shall fix the tax levy at an amount sufficient to comply with the requirements of this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

(a) The board of supervisors of each county may, but is not required to, appoint, prescribe the qualifications of, and fix the compensation of an officer to be titled “county veterans service officer.” The appointee shall be a veteran. (b) It shall be the duty of the county veter…

(a) The county veterans service officer shall assist every veteran of any war of the United States and every qualified former member, and the dependents of every deceased veteran and every qualified former member, in presenting and pursuing any claim the veteran or the qualified …

(a) The board of supervisors may provide the county veterans service office with any assistance and facilities that it determines to be necessary. (b) If the position of veterans service officer is created and filled, the compensation and expenses of the county veterans service o…

(a) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation, during the 1989–90 fiscal year, for purposes of funding the activities of county veterans service officers pursuant to this s…

(a) There is in the State Treasury the Veterans Service Office Fund. (b) Commencing January 1, 1995, the Veterans Service Office Fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation and disbursement to counties for t…

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may enter into an agreement with the State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services for purposes of obtaining federal matching funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs to contribute toward the salaries an…

The county veteran service officer shall have power to administer and certify oaths and affirmations, take and certify affidavits and acknowledgments, and exercise any other power of a notary public, as a part of his duties under the provisions of this chapter in assisting vetera…

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall annually prepare a report of the activities of county veterans service officers, and may require each county veterans service officer to submit information required to prepare the report. The report shall include the following: (1) The…

(a) The purpose of this section is to provide a mechanism to facilitate the delivery of complete, efficient information and other services to veterans in a convenient setting. (b) By July 1, 1999, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Employment Development may…

The board of supervisors of any county may create and appoint members to a veterans’ affairs commission either as an independent agency or in conjunction with a California National Guard members’ commission or a veterans’ memorial commission, or in any combination of these commis…

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs shall provide for one paid veterans assistant position within the office of the county veteran service officer for the County of Los Angeles. The department shall establish one similar position for the County of San Diego and one similar pos…

(a) As used in this chapter, “veteran” means any of the following: (1) A citizen of the United States who served in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States on or after April 6, 1917, and prior to November 12, 1918, and who received an honorable discharge o…

In the event of any conflict between any provision of this chapter and the federal Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-499; 94 Stat. 2660), including any amendment thereto and any regulation issued thereunder, the department shall comply with that federal law or regula…

There is in the state government an educational institution known as the California Veterans’ Educational Institute, which is under the management and control of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The purpose of the institute is to provide opportunities for veterans to continue …

Any veteran who desires to continue his education may apply for admission to the institute and if, in the opinion of the department, the educational needs and desires of the veteran can be satisfactorily met, the department shall assume state wardship and supervision over the edu…