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Pete Conaty
Pete Conaty
Legislative Representative
California Legislature
Member of Post 108, District 11

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Veteran Related Bills of the California Legislature (as of March 26, 2009)
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Useful web sites for veterans advocacy
To access all portals of California State Government (Assembly, Senate, Governor, CDVA, National Guard, CA law, Committees, Agencies, Departments, etc):
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

To find California bill information:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html

To find California Military and Veterans Code:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=mvc&codebody=&hits=20

To find your state and local legislator:
     1. You must first find your 9 digit zip code. To do this go to
           http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp and type in your address.
           This will tell you your 9 digit zip code.

     2. Next, go to this web site: http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
          Enter the 9 digit zip code and it will tell you who your
          U.S. Congress and State Legislators are.

How to read a California Legislative Bill:
http://www.calchamber.com/GovernmentRelations/IssueReports/Documents/09-LegGuideReadingBills.pdf

How to write a letter in support of a bill:
http://www.calchamber.com/GovernmentRelations/IssueReports/Documents/09-LegGuideLetter.pdf

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Legislative Bills in Sacramento
For users of the internet;

The California state legislation has a website for seaching bills: www.leginfo.ca.gov

To search, select the session, and House of origin, and type the keywords and author name(s). If you know the bill, select the session, and House of origin, and type the bill number to retrieve this information.

An Index is available which lists all bills introduced in the Assembly and Senate. After going through the search of the particular state legislative bills, users are offered the opportunity to make feedback information or comments regarding the pending state legislation.

Comment on an Assembly Bill
The members of the California Assembly welcome your participation on their bills. The screens are designed and will help you to communicate with your legislators in a way similar to commenting through the mail. All you need to do is enter your comments - support, opposition, ideas for amendments - and the Assembly's network will deliver your comments to the author of the bill you are interested in.

For more links to the California Legislature: Visit our Legislative Commission Page

Pete Conaty
Department of California
Legislative Representative

Action Alert THE AMERICAN LEGION
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA
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last update
3-26-09

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