BILL NUMBER: SB 2069	CHAPTERED  07/02/02

	CHAPTER  105
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 2, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 2, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 2, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to amend Sections 41600, 41602, and 41603 of, and to add
Section 41601.5 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to citations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2069, Burton.  Citations:  quotas.
   Existing law prohibits a state or local agency from establishing
any policy requiring peace officers to meet a quota for arrests made
or citations issued. Existing law also prohibits a state or local
agency from using the number of arrests made or citations issued as
the sole criterion for specified personnel matters relating to peace
officers.
   This bill would, in addition, prohibit a state or local agency
from establishing any policy requiring parking enforcement employees
to meet a quota for arrests made or citations issued, and would
prohibit a state or local agency from using the number of arrests
made or citations issued as the sole criterion for specified
personnel matters relating to parking enforcement employees.  This
bill would also include the Regents of the University of California
within the definition of an "agency" to which these prohibitions are
applicable.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 41600 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   41600.  For purposes of this chapter, "arrest quota" means any
requirement regarding the number of arrests made, or the number of
citations issued, by a peace officer, or parking enforcement
employee, or the proportion of those arrests made and citations
issued by a peace officer or parking enforcement employee, relative
to the arrests made and citations issued by another peace officer or
parking enforcement employee, or group of officers or employees.
  SEC. 2.  Section 41601.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   41601.5.  For purposes of this chapter, "agency" includes the
Regents of the University of California.
  SEC. 3.  Section 41602 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   41602.  No state or local agency employing peace officers or
parking enforcement employees engaged in the enforcement of this code
or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code, may establish
any policy requiring any peace officer or parking enforcement
employees to meet an arrest quota.
  SEC. 4.  Section 41603 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   41603.  No state or local agency employing peace officers or
parking enforcement employees engaged in the enforcement of this code
shall use the number of arrests or citations issued by a peace
officer or parking enforcement employees as the sole criterion for
promotion, demotion, dismissal, or the earning of any benefit
provided by the agency.  Those arrests or citations, and their
ultimate dispositions, may only be considered in evaluating the
overall performance of a peace officer or parking enforcement
employees.  An evaluation may include, but shall not be limited to,
criteria such as attendance, punctuality, work safety, complaints by
citizens, commendations, demeanor, formal training, and professional
judgment.