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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 983) to Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.</ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Veterans: registration and identification services.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which administers various programs that provide benefits to veterans, as defined, including educational assistance and farm and home purchase assistance.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law establishes the Department of Motor Vehicles in the Transportation Agency and sets forth various powers and duties for the department, including prescribing and providing suitable forms of applications, certificates of ownership, registration cards, driver’s licenses, and all other forms that are deemed necessary.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide mobile services to each veteran resident at each California
veterans home at least once per calendar year. The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist by coordinating the scheduling, space, and outreach to residents to facilitate the provision of those services. For the purposes of these provisions, the bill would define “mobile services” as, among other things, vehicle registration services and Real ID application processing.</html:p>
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Article 3 (commencing with Section 983) is added to Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the
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, to read:
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(a)
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(1)
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The Department of Motor Vehicles shall coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mobile services at each California veterans home at least one time per calendar year.
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(2)
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The Department of Veterans Affairs shall assist in coordinating the scheduling, space, and outreach to residents to facilitate the provision of services described in this section.
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(b)
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Mobile services provided pursuant to this section shall be made available to any veteran that is a resident of a veterans home.
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(c)
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Mobile services provided pursuant to this section may include, but are not limited
to, all of the following:
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(1)
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Issuance or renewal of driver’s licenses and identification cards.
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(2)
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Vehicle registration services.
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(3)
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Real ID application processing.
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(d)
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This section does not preclude the Department of Motor Vehicles from providing additional visits or services at a veterans home when feasible.
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