BILL NUMBER: AB 701	CHAPTERED  09/25/01

	CHAPTER  334
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 19, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickerson
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ashburn, Bogh, Cogdill, Cox,
Hollingsworth, La Suer, Leach, Maddox, Robert Pacheco, Runner, and
Strickland)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Monteith and Oller)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act to amend Section 626 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to juveniles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 701, Dickerson.  Juveniles:  booking and fingerprinting.
   Existing law authorizes a peace officer to take into temporary
custody a minor for whom there is reasonable cause to believe he or
she has committed a crime, and provides for the disposition of the
minor, as specified.
   This bill would provide that if the minor is released upon written
notice to appear, the written notice to appear may require the minor
to be fingerprinted, photographed, or both, upon appearance before
the probation officer under certain circumstances.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 626 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   626.  An officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under
the provisions of Section 625 may do any of the following:
   (a) Release the minor.
   (b) Deliver or refer the minor to a public or private agency with
which the city or county has an agreement or plan to provide shelter
care, counseling, or diversion services to minors so delivered.
   (c) Prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear before the
probation officer of the county in which the minor was taken into
custody at a time and place specified in the notice.  The notice
shall also contain a concise statement of the reasons the minor was
taken into custody.  The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice
to the minor or to a parent, guardian, or responsible relative of
the minor and may require the minor or the minor's parent, guardian,
or relative, or both, to sign a written promise to appear at the time
and place designated in the notice.  Upon the execution of the
promise to appear, the officer shall immediately release the minor.
The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file one copy of the
notice with the probation officer.  The written notice to appear may
require that the minor be fingerprinted, photographed, or both, upon
the minor's appearance before the probation officer, if the minor is
a person described in Section 602 and he or she was taken into
custody upon reasonable cause for the commission of a felony.
   (d) Take the minor without unnecessary delay before the probation
officer of the county in which the minor was taken into custody, or
in which the minor resides, or in which the acts take place or the
circumstances exist which are alleged to bring the minor within the
provisions of Section 601 or 602, and deliver the custody of the
minor to the probation officer.  The peace officer shall prepare a
concise written statement of the probable cause for taking the minor
into temporary custody and the reasons the minor was taken into
custody and shall provide the statement to the probation officer at
the time the minor is delivered to the probation officer.  In no case
shall the officer delay the delivery of the minor to the probation
officer for more than 24 hours if the minor has been taken into
custody without a warrant on the belief that the minor has committed
a misdemeanor.
   In determining which disposition of the minor to make, the officer
shall prefer the alternative which least restricts the minor's
freedom of movement, provided that alternative is compatible with the
best interests of the minor and the community.