BILL NUMBER: SBX1 13	CHAPTERED  04/08/03

	CHAPTER  5
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  APRIL 8, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  APRIL 7, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 4, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JANUARY 30, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 30, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

                        JANUARY 27, 2003

   An act to amend Section 13603 of the Penal Code, relating to
corrections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 13, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.  Department of
Corrections: correctional peace officer training.
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and the
Department of the Youth Authority to provide 16 weeks of training to
each correctional peace officer cadet.  This training is required to
be completed by the cadet prior to his or her assignment to a post or
position as a correctional peace officer.
   This bill would instead provide that if an agreement is reached
between the Department of Corrections and the bargaining unit for the
correctional peace officers with the approval of the Commission on
Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training on how to implement
the on-the-job training requirements of the bill, the training by
the Department of Corrections would be 12 weeks of the training at
the department's training academy and 4 weeks at the institution
where the cadet is assigned to a post or position.  This bill would
also provide that cadets would be sworn in as correctional peace
officers upon the completion of the initial 12 weeks of training.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13603 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   13603.  (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of
the Youth Authority shall provide 16 weeks of training to each
correctional peace officer cadet.  Except as provided by subdivision
(b), this training shall be completed by the cadet prior to his or
her assignment to a post or position as a correctional peace officer.

   (b) If an agreement is reached between the Department of
Corrections and the bargaining unit for the correctional peace
officers that this subdivision shall apply, and with the approval of
the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training
on how to implement the on-the-job training requirements of the
subdivision, the Department of Corrections shall provide a total of
16 weeks of training to each correctional peace officer cadet as
follows:
   (1) Twelve weeks of the training shall be at the department's
training academy.  Cadets shall be sworn in as correctional peace
officers upon the completion of this initial 12 weeks.
   (2) Four weeks shall be at the institution where the cadet is
assigned to a post or position.
   (c) The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth
Authority shall provide a minimum of two weeks of training to each
newly appointed first line supervisor.