BILL NUMBER: SB 230	CHAPTERED  07/30/07

	CHAPTER  169
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 30, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 30, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 14, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 20, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 10, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 19, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ma)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2007

   An act to amend Section 20071 of, and to add Section 20070.5 to,
the Health and Safety Code, relating to police protection districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 230, Yee. Police protection districts.
   (1) Existing law provided, until October 1, 1959, for the
formation and administration of police protection districts in
unincorporated towns. Existing law provides for the continuation of
police protection districts formed prior to that date.
   This bill would provide that a police protection district's police
department, its chief of police, and its employees shall have all
the rights, duties, privileges, immunities, obligations, and powers
of a municipal police department. By imposing new duties upon a local
district, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The
bill would also authorize the district board to delegate to the
chief of police the authority to appoint and dismiss district
employees. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature that
this bill shall not affect the Broadmoor Police Protection District's
current reimbursements for any state-mandated local programs.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 20070.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   20070.5.  (a) A district's police department, police chief, and
employees shall have all of the rights, duties, privileges,
immunities, obligations, and powers of a municipal police department.

   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the act adding this
section shall not affect the Broadmoor Police Protection District's
current reimbursements for any state-mandated local programs.
  SEC. 2.  Section 20071 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   20071.  (a) The district board shall determine the number of
employees, if any, necessary for the proper care and protection of
the life and property of residents in the district.
   (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the district board
shall appoint all district employees and prescribe their duties and
compensation. All of these employees shall hold their positions at
the pleasure of the district board.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the district board may
delegate to the chief of police the authority to appoint and dismiss
district employees.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.