BILL NUMBER: SB 276	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to amend Section 4108 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to expositions and fairs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 276, as introduced, Wright. Expositions and fairs: California
Science Center: police and security services.
   Existing law provides for the Sixth District Agricultural
Association, which is known as the California Science Centers, and
requires the California Science Center to establish the position of
Exposition Park Manager to be filled by a person appointed by the
Governor for the purpose of managing, scheduling, and administering
all park-related events, including oversight for the police and
security services of the park. The Exposition Park Manager is
authorized to appoint specified security and safety personnel.
   This bill would delete the position of Exposition Park Manager and
instead authorize the Executive Director of the California Science
Center to appoint specified security and safety personnel.
   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 4108 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read: 
   4108.  The California Science Center shall establish the position
of Exposition Park Manager to be filled by a person appointed by the
Governor for the purpose of managing, scheduling, and administering
all park-related events, including oversight for the police and
security services of the park.
   (a) 
    4108.    (a)    The 
Exposition Park Manager   Executive Director of the
California Science Center  may appoint the following persons:
   (1) The chief and assistant chief of museum security and safety
who shall have the powers of peace officers  ,  as specified
in Section 830.3 of the Penal Code.
   (2) Other safety officers who shall have the powers of arrest as
specified in Section 830.7 of the Penal Code.
   (b) The officers appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
provide police and security services to keep order and to preserve
the peace and safety of persons and property at the California
Science Center and at Exposition Park on a year-round basis.