Military service: benefits.

Existing law authorizes a reservist, as defined, who is called to active duty on and after January 1, 2014, to defer payments on mortgages, credit cards, retail installment accounts and contracts, real property taxes and assessments, vehicle leases, and obligations owed to utility companies, for the period of active duty plus 60 calendar days, or 180 days, whichever is the lesser, as specified. Existing law authorizes similar provisions to a reservist who was called to active duty before January 1, 2014, as a part of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. This bill would delete references to the date a reservist is called to active duty, in both the definition of a reservist and the payment deferral provisions, thereby making the above-described benefits available to any reservist who otherwise meets the definition.