BILL NUMBER: AB 1787	CHAPTERED  07/20/06

	CHAPTER  82
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 20, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 20, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 26, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MARCH 30, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 2, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cohn

                        JANUARY 4, 2006

   An act to add Section 6250.3 to the Family Code, relating to
protective orders.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1787, Cohn  Protective orders: service.
   Existing law authorizes the courts to issue emergency protective
orders protecting victims from domestic violence.  Existing law
provides the procedure for the issuance and service of the protective
order.
   This bill would provide that an emergency protective order is
valid only if it is issued by a judicial officer after making
specified findings and pursuant to a specific request by a law
enforcement officer.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 6250.3 is added to the Family Code, to read:
   6250.3.  An emergency protective order is valid only if it is
issued by a judicial officer after making the findings required by
Section 6251 and pursuant to a specific request by a law enforcement
officer.