BILL NUMBER: AB 2068	CHAPTERED  07/21/08

	CHAPTER  153
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 21, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 21, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 30, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Aghazarian

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2008

   An act to add Section 6103.3 to the Government Code, relating to
local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2068, Aghazarian. Domestic violence: elder abuse: harassment:
workplace violence: orders and injunctions: service: notice to
protected person.
   Existing law excepts orders and injunctions relating to
harassment, workplace violence, domestic violence, and elder abuse
from a provision authorizing a sheriff or marshal to require the
prepayment of fees prior to the performance of any official act.
   This bill would authorize a sheriff or marshal, for any order or
injunction relating to harassment, workplace violence, domestic
violence, or elder abuse, for which the sheriff or marshal provides
service of process and is prohibited under existing law from
requiring payment of a fee, to notify the protected person by
electronic or telephonic means within 24 hours after service of
process that the order or injunction has been served on the
restrained person, including the date and time when the order or
injunction was served, if the protected person has requested this
notification and has registered a telephone number or e-mail address
at which the protected person may be contacted for this purpose.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 6103.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   6103.3.  (a) For any order or injunction for which the sheriff or
marshal provides service of process and is prohibited under paragraph
(4) of subdivision (b) of Section 6103.2 from requiring payment of a
fee, the sheriff or marshal may notify the protected person by
electronic or telephonic means within 24 hours after service of
process that the order or injunction has been served on the
restrained person, including the date and time when the order or
injunction was served, if the protected person has requested this
notification and has registered a telephone number or e-mail address
at which the protected person may be contacted for this purpose.
   (b) The sheriff may provide the notification described in
subdivision (a) via an automated statewide victim information and
notification system if the sheriff has access to that system, his or
her county participates in that system, and local, state, or federal
funds are made available for the operation of that system.
   (c) If the sheriff participates in the notification program
authorized under this section and the service of process is provided
by a marshal, the marshal shall promptly inform the sheriff of the
date and time when the order or injunction was served, and the
sheriff shall provide the notice described in subdivision (a) to the
protected person.
   (d) This section applies only to orders or injunctions described
in paragraph (1) of subdivision (q) of Section 527.6 and Section
527.8 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Division 10 (commencing with
Section 6200) of the Family Code (Prevention of Domestic Violence),
and Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 15600) of Part 3 of Division
9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code (Elder Abuse and Dependent
Adult Civil Protection Act).