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          Date of Hearing:   June 27, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   ACR 66 (Waldron) - As Introduced:  June 13, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   Internet Crimes Against Children Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY :   Designates October 2013 as Internet Crimes Against  
          Children Awareness Month and state that the Legislature supports  
          increased funding for the Internet Crimes Against Children task  
          forces, online communications systems, or computer technology to  
          help detect the sexual exploitation of children.  Specifically,  
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)Computers and the Internet have become prevalent in California  
            homes, schools, and libraries; and, in 2010, 85 percent of  
            children 3 to 17 years of age had access to a computer at  
            home, and almost 57 percent used the Internet at home.

          2)Children and adolescents commonly use computers for playing  
            games, completing school assignments, word processing, e-mail,  
            and connecting to the Internet; and, while the Internet has  
            helped to make education, entertainment, and socialization  
            more accessible for youth, it has also made child  
            victimization easier for predators.

          3)Predators contact children over the Internet and victimize  
            them by enticing them through online contact for the purpose  
            of engaging them in sexual acts, using the Internet to  
            produce, manufacture, and distribute child pornography for  
            commercial gain or personal gratification.

          4)In 2009, task forces participating in the federal Internet  
            Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program reported  
            nearly 28,000 complaints, including child pornography,  
            enticement or obscenity directed to minors, and child  
            prostitution resulting in more than 13,000 investigations.

          5)Parents, school officials, law enforcement officers, and other  
            adults can prevent Internet crimes against children by taking  
            various measures, including keeping computers in open areas,  
            monitoring the amount of time a child spends online, and  
            educating children about the dangers of Internet crimes.









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           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800