BILL NUMBER: AB 1858	CHAPTERED  09/29/02

	CHAPTER  1090
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 30, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Hollingsworth and La Suer
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ashburn, Bates, Bogh, Bill Campbell,
Cardoza, Cox, Daucher, Harman, Havice, Leach, Leslie, Maddox, Robert
Pacheco, Pescetti, Runner, Salinas, Strickland, Wyland, Wyman, and
Zettel)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Battin, Haynes, Margett, McPherson, and
Oller)

                        JANUARY 30, 2002

   An act to add Chapter 9.7 (commencing with Section 13887) to Title
6 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to sexual assault.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1858, Hollingsworth.  County Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement
Team Program.
   Existing law provides for the development of a course of training
for district attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of sexual
assault cases in order to encourage the establishment of sex crime
prosecution units in district attorneys' offices throughout the
state.  Existing law further provides for a statewide sexual habitual
offender program in order to identify, locate, apprehend, and
prosecute sexual habitual offenders.
   This bill would provide, in addition, that any county may
establish and implement a sexual assault felony enforcement (SAFE)
team program.  The members of the team would be specified federal,
state, and local law enforcement officers and agents.  The objectives
of the program would be to:  (1) identify, monitor, arrest, and
assist in the prosecution of habitual sexual offenders who violate
the terms and conditions of their probation or parole, who fail to
comply with registration requirements, or who commit new sexual
assault offenses; (2) collect data to determine if the proactive law
enforcement procedures adopted by the program are effective in
reducing violent sexual assault offenses; and (3) develop procedures
for operating a multijurisdictional regional task force.


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


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares the
following:
   (a) Habitual sexual assault offenders pose a significant risk to
the welfare and safety of the residents of California.
   (b) Predatory sex offenders frequently travel to areas outside of
the jurisdictions where they reside to evade surveillance and
possible arrest by local law enforcement agencies for probation or
parole violations.
   (c) Therefore, the Legislature encourages the formation of
regional law enforcement task forces consisting of officers and
agents from several law enforcement agencies organized for the
explicit purpose of reducing violent sexual assaults through
proactive surveillance and arrests of habitual sexual offenders.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 9.7 (commencing with Section 13887) is added to
Title 6 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 9.7.  COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT FELONY ENFORCEMENT (SAFE)
TEAM PROGRAM

   13887.  Any county may establish and implement a sexual assault
felony enforcement (SAFE) team program pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter.
   13887.1.  (a) The mission of this program shall be to reduce
violent sexual assault offenses in the county through proactive
surveillance and arrest of habitual sexual offenders, as defined in
Section 667.71, and strict enforcement of registration requirements
for sex offenders pursuant to Section 290.
   (b) The proactive surveillance and arrest authorized by this
chapter shall be conducted within the limits of existing statutory
and constitutional law.
   13887.2.  The regional SAFE teams may consist of officers and
agents from the following law enforcement agencies:
   (a) Police departments.
   (b) Sheriff's departments.
   (c) The Bureau of Investigations of the Office of the District
Attorney.
   (d) County probation departments.
   (e) To the extent that these agencies have available resources,
the following law enforcement agencies:
   (1) The Bureau of Investigations of the California Department of
Justice.
   (2) The California Highway Patrol.
   (3) The State Department of Corrections.
   (4) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   13887.3.  The program established pursuant to this chapter shall
have the following objectives:
   (a) To identify, monitor, arrest, and assist in the prosecution of
habitual sexual offenders who violate the terms and conditions of
their probation or parole, who fail to comply with the registration
requirements of Section 290, or who commit new sexual assault
offenses.
   (b) To collect data to determine if the proactive law enforcement
procedures adopted by the program are effective in reducing violent
sexual assault offenses.
   (c) To develop procedures for operating a multijurisdictional
regional task force.
   13887.4.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize
the otherwise unlawful violation of any person's rights under the
law.