AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 26, 2018

AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 14, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 172

Statutes of 2018

[ Approved by Governor August 20, 2018. Filed with Secretary of State August 20, 2018. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Bloom, Cervantes, Chiu, Eggman, Mayes, and Voepel)

February 14, 2018

An act to add Section 429.4 to the Government Code, relating to state memorials.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law recognizes certain animals, plants, towns, museums, and memorials as official state emblems, including, among others, the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial as the official state Vietnam veterans war memorial and the California State Military Museum and Resource Center as the official state military museum.

This bill would recognize the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City as the official state LGBTQ veterans memorial.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

The Legislature finds and declares that while this act recognizes the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City as the state’s official LGBTQ veterans memorial, the memorial and the ground around it will continue to be maintained by the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City.

SEC. 2.

Section 429.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:

429.4.

The LGBTQ Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City is the official state LGBTQ veterans memorial.