BILL NUMBER: AB 257	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2011

   An act relating to inmate release.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 257, as introduced, Galgiani. Inmate release: notification.
   Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings or the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as specified, to notify
certain persons who have requested notification when an inmate who
has committed a violent felony is scheduled to be released.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to streamline the notification process regarding
inmate release in order to make that process more accessible.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to streamline the notification process regarding
inmate release in order to make that process more accessible.