AB 739, as introduced, Salas. Peace officers: deputy coroners.
Existing law prescribes the powers and authority of peace officers, and provides that, among other peace officers, a coroner and deputy coroners, who are regularly employed and paid in that capacity, are peace officers if their primary duties are within certain specified duties pertaining to inquests, as specified. Existing law establishes the extent of the authority of these peace officers, and provides that those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
This bill would include within the definition of peace officer describing coroner and deputy coroner, part-time and volunteer personnel who perform the duties of a deputy coroner, as specified, if those part-time and volunteer personnel meet the same background, training, and certification requirements established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for regularly employed deputy coroners.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 830.35 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
The following persons are peace officers whose
4authority extends to any place in the state for the purpose of
5performing their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant
6to Section 836 as to any public offense with respect to which there
7is immediate danger to person or property, or of the escape of the
8perpetrator of that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of
9the Government Code. Those peace officers may carry firearms
10only if authorized and under terms and conditions specified by
11their employing agency.
12(a) A welfare fraud investigator or inspector, regularly employed
13and paid in that capacity by a county, if the primary duty of the
14peace officer is the enforcement of the provisions of the Welfare
15and Institutions Code.
16(b) A child support investigator or inspector, regularly employed
17and paid in that capacity by a district attorney’s office, if the
18primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the
19provisions of the Family Code and Section 270.
20(c) The coroner and deputy coroners, regularly employed and
21paid in that capacity, of a county, if the primary duty of the peace
22officer are those duties set forth in Sections 27469 and 27491 to
2327491.4, inclusive, of the Government Codebegin delete.end deletebegin insert, and any partend insertbegin insert-time
24or volunteer personnel performing those duties of a deputy coroner,
25if those part-time and volunteer personnel meet the same
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background, training, and certification requirements established
27by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for
28regularly employed deputy coroners.end insert
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