BILL NUMBER: SB 276	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 10, 2011

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 amended, 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   Center  , 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  if there is no Exposition Park Manager  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes
  no  . 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) The Exposition Park Manager 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. 
   (c) The Executive Director of the California Science Center may
make the appointments listed in subdivision (a) if there is no
Exposition Park Manager.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 4108 of the Food and
Agricultural Code is amended to read:
   4108.  (a) The 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.