BILL ANALYSIS Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair 1022 (Nava and Cook) Hearing Date: 08/12/2010 Amended: 07/15/2010 Consultant: Jacqueline Wong-HernandezPolicy Vote: Public Safety 7-0 _________________________________________________________________ ____ BILL SUMMARY: AB 1022 would establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a director position for the purposes of assisting law enforcement agencies with the timely search and recovery of at-risk abducted children, maintaining up-to-date knowledge and expertise of those protocols, best practices, and technologies that are most effective for recovering missing children, maintaining relationships with law enforcement agencies and other entities responsible for the investigation of missing persons, and providing oversight and maintenance of the state's Child Abduction First Responder List. _________________________________________________________________ ____ Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund New DOJ position up to $112 up to $208 up to $208 General _________________________________________________________________ ____ STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. AB 1022 would require DOJ to establish a new director position. This director would be responsible for coordinating California's response to missing persons. The director would assist law enforcement agencies with the search and recovery of at-risk abducted children, maintain up-to-date knowledge and expertise of protocols, practices, and technologies for recovering missing children in a timely manner. DOJ estimates that creating and filling this position will incur a cost to the Division of California Justice Information Services of $112,000 in 2010-11 and $208,000 ongoing. This bill directs DOJ to utilize existing resources to the maximum extent possible to create and fund this position. Any resources that are used to pay a new director, in a newly-established, would likely trade off with resources other DOJ activities. DOJ may be able to shift some additional resources to this position, but those will likely be minor.