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FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator C1.JJLCI
DATE: March 22, 1988 COJ' "Y
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Assembly Bill 4357 ( Zeltner)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMIMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for AB 4357 by Assemblyman Zeltner
which would authorize an increase in state funding for Veterans '
Service Officers based on savings generated by those officers.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law authorizes counties to appoint county veteran
service officers to assist veterans in presenting and pursuing
claims for federal and state veterans ' benefits. The Department
of Veterans Affairs is .authorized to pay each county a portion of
the officer' s expenses -out of state money available therefor.
Existing law also authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs
and the State Department of Health Services to enter into an
agreement for the purpose of obtaining federal matching funds for
contribution toward the salaries and expenses of county veteran
service officers.
This bill would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to
determine the savings to the state and local agencies realized by
the activities of county veteran service officers, and to submit
this information to the Department of Finance by each January 1.
The bill would direct the Department -of Finance to. include in the
budget .of the Department .of Veterans Affairs for the next fiscal
year one-half -( 1/2) the amount of these savings, and would direct
the Department of Veterans Affairs to , allocate this money to
counties on a pro rata basis in accordance with the contributions
of each county veteran service officer to. these savings for
payment of salaries and expenses of county veteran service
officers.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES "SIGNATURE: Z&h Zlj& �wi .
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
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"ACTION OF BOARD ON March 29, T9T8 APPROVED AS RECO,'�ZvgENDED x OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT, . , AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES; NOES: AND' ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS MON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Assemblyman Paul Zeltner SUPERVSORSOAND COUNTR, CLERK Y F'ADMINISTRATOR ,THE
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