BILL NUMBER: SB 1192	CHAPTERED  08/31/01

	CHAPTER  224
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 31, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 30, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 21, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Figueroa, Battin, and Margett
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aroner, Ashburn, Bates, Cox,
Dickerson, Havice, Leach, and Vargas)

                        MARCH 15, 2001

   An act to amend Section 290.95 of the Penal Code, relating to sex
offenders.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1192, Figueroa.  Sex offender registration.
   Existing law requires persons convicted of specified sex offenses
to register with local law enforcement agencies upon their discharge,
parole, or release from confinement and to update that registration
annually or upon a change of residence address, and makes any willful
violation of the registration requirements a crime.  Existing law
further requires every person required to register as a sex offender,
who applies or accepts a position as an employee or volunteer with
any person, group, or organization, where the registrant would be
working directly and in an unaccompanied setting with minor children
on more than an incidental and occasional basis, or have supervision
or disciplinary power over minor children, to disclose his or her
status as a registered sex offender, as specified.  Failure to comply
with this requirement is a misdemeanor.
   This bill would additionally prohibit a person who is required to
register as a sex offender because of a conviction for a crime where
the victim was a minor under 16 years of age, from serving as an
employee or volunteer with any person, group, or organization, where
the registrant would be working directly and in an unaccompanied
setting with minor children, as specified.  By creating a crime this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 290.95 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   290.95.  (a) Every person required to register under Section 290,
who applies or accepts a position as an employee or volunteer with
any person, group, or organization where the registrant would be
working directly and in an unaccompanied setting with minor children
on more than an incidental and occasional basis or have supervision
or disciplinary power over minor children, shall disclose his or her
status as a registrant, upon application or acceptance of a position,
to that person, group, or organization.
   (b) No person who is required to register under Section 290
because of a conviction for a crime where the victim was a minor
under 16 years of age shall be an employee or act as a volunteer with
any person, group, or organization where the registrant would be
working directly and in an unaccompanied setting with minor children
on more than an incidental and occasional basis or have supervision
or disciplinary power over minor children.
   (c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail for not exceeding six months, by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that
imprisonment and fine, and a violation of this section shall not
constitute a continuing offense.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.