BILL NUMBER: SB 1895	CHAPTERED  09/12/02

	CHAPTER  510
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 12, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 25, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Escutia

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to add and repeal Section 13823.16 to the Penal Code,
relating to domestic violence.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1895, Escutia.  Domestic violence.
   Existing law provides that there is in the Office of Criminal
Justice Planning a Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program
which provides financial and technical assistance to local domestic
violence centers.
   This bill would provide that in implementing this program, the
Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall, until January 1, 2010,
collaborate closely with an expert advisory council the membership of
which shall consist of domestic violence victims' advocates,
battered women service providers, and representatives of women's
organizations, law enforcement, and other groups involved with
domestic violence, as specified.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13823.16 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13823.16.  (a) In implementing the Comprehensive Statewide
Domestic Violence Program pursuant to Section 13823.15, the Office of
Criminal Justice Planning shall consult with an advisory council.
The membership of the Office of Criminal Justice Planning Domestic
Violence Advisory Council shall consist of experts in the provision
of either direct or intervention services to battered women and their
children, within the scope and intention of the Office of Criminal
Justice Planning's Domestic Violence Assistance Program.
   (b) The membership of the council shall consist of domestic
violence victims' advocates, battered women service providers, and
representatives of women's organizations, law enforcement, and other
groups involved with domestic violence.  At least one-half of the
council membership shall consist of domestic violence victims'
advocates or battered women service providers from organizations such
as the California Alliance Against Domestic Violence.  It is the
intent of the Legislature that the council membership reflect the
ethnic, racial, cultural, and geographic diversity of the state.  The
council shall be composed of no more than 13 voting members and two
nonvoting members who shall be appointed, as follows:
   (1) Seven voting members shall be appointed by the Governor.
   (2) Three voting members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
   (3) Three voting members shall be appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules.
   (4) Two nonvoting members shall be Members of the Legislature, one
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one appointed by the
Senate Committee on Rules.  Any Member of the Legislature appointed
to the council shall meet with the council and participate in its
activities to the extent that participation is not incompatible with
his or her position as a Member of the Legislature.
   (c) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall collaborate
closely with the council in developing funding priorities, framing
the request for proposals, and soliciting proposals.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2010, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2010, deletes or extends
that date.