BILL NUMBER: AB 540	CHAPTERED  09/05/03

	CHAPTER  307
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 21, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 22, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bogh

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2003

   An act to add Section 103265 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vital statistics.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 540, Bogh.  Death certificates:  peace officers.
   Existing law requires the Director of Health Services, as the
State Registrar of Vital Statistics, to administer the registration
of births, deaths, fetal deaths, and marriages, and provides that the
State Registrar of Vital Statistics has supervisory power over local
registrars.  Existing law contains procedures for the amendment of
death certificates by the State Registrar and local registrars.
   This bill would require an amended certificate of death of a peace
officer who was killed in the line of duty to be processed
immediately upon acceptance for filing and to be issued by the State
Registrar or local registrar no later than 10 business days following
acceptance for filing.
   By requiring a higher level of service of local registrars, 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, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


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


  SECTION 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Riverside County Deputies Jenkins and Lee Act.
  SEC. 2.  Section 103265 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   103265.  An amended certificate of death of an individual who is a
peace officer pursuant to Section 830 of the Penal Code, who was
killed in the line of duty, shall be processed immediately upon
acceptance for filing and shall be issued by the State Registrar or
local registrar no later than 10 business days following acceptance
for filing.
  SEC. 3.  Notwithstanding Section 17610  of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.