County veteran service centers: interagency agreements.

Existing law establishes various state benefits for veterans, and authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist veterans and their dependents. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to appoint a county veterans service officer to perform certain veteran-related services. Existing law also authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Employment Development Department to enter into interagency agreements with individual counties that elect to participate, to provide resources and staff, or both, as necessary to locate within a single facility owned by the participating county, under the coordination of the county veteran service director, a more complete and convenient local service program for veterans that is nonduplicative and does not conflict with any federal one-stop service program. This bill would remove references to the Employment Development Department from the above-described provisions, thereby vesting sole authority for the interagency agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill also would make related technical changes.