BILL NUMBER: AB 1899 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cook FEBRUARY 7, 2008 An act to add Section 11112.8 to the Penal Code, relating to crime prevention. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1899, as introduced, Cook. Crime prevention. Existing law provides that the Department of Justice shall maintain a uniform statewide network of equipment and procedures allowing local law enforcement agencies direct access to the California Identification System, the automated system maintained by the Department of Justice for retaining fingerprint files and identifying latent fingerprints. Existing law requires the department to develop a master plan recommending the type, number, and location of equipment necessary to implement the Remote Access Network (RAN), a uniform statewide network allowing local law enforcement agencies direct access to the California Identification System. Existing law provides that within each county or group of counties eligible to receive funding under the department's master plan for equipment, that elects to participate in the Remote Access Network, a local RAN board shall be established that shall determine the placement of RAN equipment within the county or counties, and coordinate acceptance, delivery, and installation of RAN equipment. This bill would provide that local and regional RAN boards may manage, at their discretion, additional biometric or other automated identification systems, including facial recognition, DNA, and iris scanning, funded from sources outside of those mandated for mobile and fixed location fingerprint identification. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 11112.8 is added to the Penal Code, to read: 11112.8. Local and regional RAN boards in California may manage, at their discretion, additional biometric or other automated identification systems, including facial recognition, DNA, and iris scanning, funded from sources outside of those mandated for mobile and fixed location fingerprint identification.