BILL NUMBER: AB 257	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2011

    An act relating to inmate release.   An act
to add Section 3058.95 to the Penal Code, relating to inmate release.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 257, as amended, 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 require the department to develop a unified
statewide electronic mail victim notification system for notifying
victims who request that notification of parole hearings or release
dates for their offenders be sent to them by e-mail.  
   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
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 3058.95 is added to the 
 Penal Code   , to read:  
   3058.95.  The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall,
by July 1, 2012, develop a unified statewide electronic mail victim
notification system for notifying victims who request that
notification of parole hearings or release dates for their offenders
be sent to them by e-mail.  
  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.