Any county may provide and maintain a home for veteran soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardians, and marines who have served the United States honorably in any of its wars.
Chapter 3County Institutions
Section § 1120
This law allows any county to create and support a home for veterans who served honorably in any U.S. wars, regardless of their military branch.
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Section § 1121
This California law allows county boards of supervisors to take various actions for developing and maintaining homes, such as purchasing or acquiring necessary property, and managing or improving it. They can also construct, furnish, and repair buildings, hire necessary staff, and supply for maintenance. County supervisors are authorized to levy special taxes for these purposes, establish a specific fund, and transfer money from the general fund as needed. They can also issue bonds for funding or collaborate with incorporated cities to achieve these goals.
For the purposes of this chapter the board of supervisors of any county may:
(a)CA Military and Veterans Code § 1121(a) Purchase, receive by donation, condemn, lease, or otherwise acquire real and personal property necessary for such home, and improve, preserve, manage, and control the same.
(b)CA Military and Veterans Code § 1121(b) Purchase, construct, lease, furnish, and repair buildings for such home and provide the necessary custodians, employees, attendants, and supplies for its proper maintenance.
(c)CA Military and Veterans Code § 1121(c) Levy a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code, and spend the proceeds for the purposes of
this chapter.
(d)CA Military and Veterans Code § 1121(d) Establish a fund for the purposes of this chapter, and transfer from the general fund to such fund such moneys as the board deems necessary.
(e)CA Military and Veterans Code § 1121(e) Incur, in the manner provided by law, a bonded indebtedness on behalf of the county for any of the purposes of this chapter.
(f)CA Military and Veterans Code § 1121(f) Join with any incorporated city in the county in the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter and to that end hold jointly with such city all property acquired, and expend money in conjunction with such city.
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