BILL NUMBER: AB 1835	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 6, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 2, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Beth Gaines)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 290.07 of the Penal Code, relating to sex
crimes.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1835, Fletcher. Sex offenders.
   Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires persons
convicted of specified sex offenses to register with local
authorities for life while residing, located, attending school, or
working in California. Willful failure to register, as required, is a
misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the underlying offense.
Existing law authorizes access to all relevant records pertaining to
a registered sex offender for, among others, a probation officer
authorized and trained to administer the State Authorized Risk
Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO).
   This bill would additionally authorize access to relevant records
pertaining to a registered sex offender to a sex offender management
professional certified by the California Sex Offender Management
Board, who is authorized to administer the SARATSO but who was
trained pursuant to a different provision of law.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 290.07 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   290.07.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
authorized by statute to administer the State Authorized Risk
Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO) and trained pursuant to
Section 290.06 or 290.09, and a person acting under authority from
the SARATSO Review Committee as an expert to train, monitor, or
review scoring by persons who administer the SARATSO pursuant to
Section 290.05 or 1203 of this code or Section 706 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, shall be granted access to all relevant records
pertaining to a registered sex offender, including, but not limited
to, criminal histories, sex offender registration records, police
reports, probation and presentencing reports, judicial records and
case files, juvenile records, psychological evaluations and
psychiatric hospital reports, sexually violent predator treatment
program reports, and records that have been sealed by the courts or
the Department of Justice. Records and information obtained under
this section shall not be subject to the California Public Records
Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of
Title 1 of the Government Code.