BILL NUMBER: SB 1356	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham
   (Coauthor: Senator Cogdill)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, and
Galgiani)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 15202 of the Government Code, relating to
counties.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1356, as introduced, Denham. Counties: homicide trials:
reimbursement.
   Existing law authorizes a county that is responsible for the cost
of a trial or trials or any hearing of a person for the offense of
homicide to apply to the Controller for reimbursement of a portion of
the costs incurred by the county in excess of the amount of money
derived by the county from a tax of 0.0125 of 1% of the full value of
property assessed for purposes of taxation within the county.
   This bill would authorize a county, when the victim of the
homicide was a state or local law enforcement officer, to apply to
the Controller for a complete reimbursement of the costs incurred by
the county, as specified.
   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 15202 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15202.  (a)  A   Except as provided in
subdivision (c), a  county that is responsible for the cost of a
trial or trials or any hearing of a person for the offense of
homicide may apply to the Controller for reimbursement of the costs
incurred by the county in excess of the amount of money derived by
the county from a tax of 0.0125 of 1 percent of the full value of
property assessed for purposes of taxation within the county.
   (b)  The   For   purposes of
subdivision (a), the  formula in this section shall apply to any
homicide trial in which the commission of the crime occurred on or
after January 1, 2005. Homicide trials for which the crime was
committed before January 1, 2005, shall qualify under the
reimbursement statute in effect before that date. 
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), a county that is
responsible for the cost of a trial or trials or any hearing of a
person for the offense of homicide may apply to the Controller for a
complete reimbursement of the costs incurred by the county if the
victim of the homicide was a state or local law enforcement officer.
 
   (c) 
    (d)  The Controller shall not reimburse any county for
costs that exceed the California Victim Compensation and Government
Claims Board's standards for travel and per diem expenses. The
Controller may reimburse extraordinary costs in unusual cases if the
county provides sufficient justification of the need for these
expenditures. Nothing in this section shall permit the reimbursement
of costs for travel in excess of 1,000 miles on any single round
trip, without the prior approval of the Attorney General. 
   (d) 
    (e)  Reimbursement funds appropriated pursuant to this
section are available for three fiscal years from the date of the
appropriation. After three fiscal years, any unused funds shall
revert back to the General Fund.