BILL NUMBER: AB 1119	CHAPTERED  09/27/04

	CHAPTER  799
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nation

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Section 830.34 of the Penal Code, and to add
Section 71341.5 to the Water Code, relating to water, and declaring
the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1119, Nation.  Municipal water districts:  park rangers.
   The Municipal Water District Law of 1911 authorizes the formation
of municipal water districts and grants to those districts specified
powers and purposes.
   This bill would authorize a municipal water district to employ
park rangers who would be peace officers, as specified.  The bill
would require a municipal water district to adhere to certain
standards for recruitment and training of peace officers for the
purposes of exercising that authority.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 830.34 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   830.34.  The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
   (a) Persons designated as a security officer by a municipal
utility district pursuant to Section 12820 of the Public Utilities
Code, if the primary duty of the officer is the protection of the
properties of the utility district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
   (b) Persons designated as a security officer by a county water
district pursuant to Section 30547 of the Water Code, if the primary
duty of the officer is the protection of the properties of the county
water district and the protection of the persons thereon.
   (c) The security director of the public utilities commission of a
city and county, if the primary duty of the security director is the
protection of the properties of the commission and the protection of
the persons thereon.
   (d) Persons employed as a park ranger by a municipal water
district pursuant to Section 71341.5 of the Water Code, if the
primary duty of the park ranger is the protection of the properties
of the municipal water district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
  SEC. 2.  Section 71341.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   71341.5.  (a) A district may employ park rangers who shall have
the authority and powers conferred by subdivision  (d) of Section
830.34 of the Penal Code upon peace officers.
   (b) For the purposes of carrying out subdivision (a), the district
shall adhere to the standards for recruitment and training of peace
officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training pursuant to Title 4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part
4 of the Penal Code.
   (c) Every park ranger employed by a district shall conform to the
standards for peace officers adopted by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training.  Any park ranger who fails to conform
to those standards shall not have the powers of a peace officer.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to grant essential authority to municipal water
districts, as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.