Military and Veterans Code section 972

(a)

The board of supervisors may provide the county veterans service office with any assistance and facilities that it determines to be necessary.

(b)

If the position of veterans service officer is created and filled, the compensation and expenses of the county veterans service office shall be a county charge, but the Department of Veterans Affairs, out of state moneys available therefor, shall pay each county a portion of those costs in an amount determined by the department, conditioned upon the observance of standards and regulations adopted by, and in compliance with the direction of, the department and its authorized representatives.

(c)

State money available for paying counties any portion of the cost of the compensation and expenses of county veterans service offices shall not include any funds of the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943.

Source: Section 972, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=MVC§ionNum=972.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1993; accessed Jun. 24, 2026).

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Jun. 24, 2026

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