BILL NUMBER: SB 1261	CHAPTERED  09/18/06

	CHAPTER  306
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 10, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 14, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McClintock

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2006

   An act to add Section 13013 of the Penal Code, relating to
criminal justice statistics.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1261, McClintock  Criminal justice statistics.
   Under current law the Department of Justice is required to collect
specified criminal justice information from local law enforcement
agencies and prepare an annual report presenting the collected data.

   This bill would require the department to maintain a data set,
updated annually, relating to crimes reported, number of clearances,
and clearance rates reported by local law enforcement agencies. This
bill would further require that this report shall be accessible by a
hypertext link on the department's Internet Web site, as specified.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13013 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13013.  The department shall maintain a data set, updated
annually, that contains the number of crimes reported, number of
clearances and clearance rates in California as reported by
individual law enforcement agencies. The data set shall be made
available through a prominently displayed hypertext link on the
department's Internet Web site. This section shall not be construed
to require reporting any crimes other than those required by Section
13012.