BILL NUMBER: SB 583	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 31, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act to amend Section 17962 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to fire protection services.   An act to
add Section 290.47 to the Penal Code, relating to sex offenders.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 583, as amended, Hollingsworth.  Fire protection
services.   Sex offenders.  
   Existing law requires the Department of Justice to make available
to the public via an Internet Web site certain information relating
to certain registered sex offenders, including the address at which
the person resides, as specified.  
   This bill would require the department to classify each address at
which a registered sex offender resides with a unique identifier
that shall include the nature of the dwelling, as specified. This
bill would also require the department to maintain those
classifications within a private searchable database and provide that
information to other state agencies, including the State Department
of Social Services, when those agencies need the information for
investigative responsibilities relative to sex offenders. 

   Existing law requires the chief of a city or county fire
department or district providing fire protection services to enforce,
in his or her respective areas, state requirements for buildings
used for human habitation and building standards published in the
State Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety, and
other rules and regulations pertaining to fire prevention, fire
protection, the control of the spread of fire, and safety from fire
or panic.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 290.47 is added to the 
 Penal Code   , to read:  
   290.47.  The Department of Justice shall classify the address at
which a registered sex offender resides with a unique identifier for
address. The identifier shall include a description of the nature of
the dwelling, including, but not limited to, a single family
residence, an apartment, a motel, or a licensed facility. Each
address classified and its association with any specific registered
sex offender shall be stored in a private searchable database
maintained by the department. The department shall make that
information available to the State Department of Social Services or
any other state agency when the agency needs the information for
investigative responsibilities relative to sex offenders. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 17962 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
   17962.  The chief of a city or a county fire department or
district providing fire protection services, and their authorized
representatives, shall enforce, in their respective areas, all those
provisions of this part, the building standards published in the
State Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety, and
those rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of
this part pertaining to fire prevention, fire protection, the
control of the spread of fire, and safety from fire or panic.