(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, money in the fund shall be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of designing and constructing veterans’ homes in California and completing a comprehensive renovation of the Veterans’ Home at Yountville. Funding from this bond shall be allocated to fund the state’s matching requirement to construct or renovate those veterans’ homes in Section 1011 first, and then fund any additional homes established under this section. These homes shall be in addition to sites authorized under Section 1011.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, construction contracts awarded for veterans’ homes shall have a statewide participation goal of not less than 3 percent for disabled veteran business enterprises, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 999.

Terms Used In California Military and Veterans Code 1104

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fund: means the Veterans' Home Fund created pursuant to Section 1103. See California Military and Veterans Code 1102

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 728, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 16 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

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