BILL NUMBER: AB 387	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to add Section 13510.8 to the Penal Code, relating to the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 387, as introduced, Hagman. Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training.
   Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training and charges it with various responsibilities, including
providing specified courses of training for peace officers, as
specified.
   This bill would require the commission to permit a volunteer to
participate in any training course which the commission provides if
the volunteer has the approval of the chief of police or the sheriff
for whom the volunteer intends to perform services in an emergency or
mutual aid situation.
   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 13510.8 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13510.8.  The commission shall permit any volunteer to participate
in any training course which the commission provides if the
volunteer has the approval of the chief of police or the sheriff for
whom the volunteer intends to perform services in an emergency or
mutual aid situation.