AB 1547, as introduced, Gomez. Domestic Violence Advisory Council.
Existing law, until January 1, 2015, establishes the Domestic Violence Advisory Council to the Office of Emergency Services, and specifies the composition and appointment of council members. Under existing law, the office and the council collaboratively administer the Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program.
This bill would delete the January 1, 2015 date of repeal, effectively allowing these provisions to remain in effect indefinitely.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13823.16 of the Penal Code is amended
2to read:
(a) The Comprehensive Statewide Domestic
4Violence Program established pursuant to Section 13823.15 shall
5be collaboratively administered by the Office of Emergency
6Services and an advisory council. The membership of the Office
7of Emergency Services Domestic Violence Advisory Council shall
P2 1consist of experts in the provision of either direct or intervention
2services to victims of domestic violence and their children, within
3the scope and intention of the Comprehensive Statewide Domestic
4Violence Assistance Program.
5(b) The membership of the council shall consist of domestic
6violence victims’ advocates, battered women service providers, at
7least one representative of service providers serving the lesbian,
8gay, bisexual, and transgender community in connection with
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domestic violence, and representatives of women’s organizations,
10law enforcement, and other groups involved with domestic
11violence. At least one-half of the council membership shall consist
12of domestic violence victims’ advocates or battered women service
13providers. It is the intent of the Legislature that the council
14membership reflect the ethnic, racial, cultural, and geographic
15diversity of the state, including people with disabilities. The council
16shall be composed of no more than 13 voting members and two
17nonvoting ex officio members who shall be appointed, as follows:
18(1) Seven voting members shall be appointed by the Governor,
19including at least one person recommended by the federally
20recognized state domestic violence coalition.
21(2) Three voting members shall be appointed by the Speaker of
22the Assembly.
23(3) Three voting members shall be appointed by the Senate
24Committee on Rules.
25(4) Two nonvoting ex officio members shall be Members of the
26Legislature, one appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and
27one appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. Any Member
28of the Legislature appointed to the council shall meet with the
29council and participate in its activities to the extent that
30participation is not incompatible with his or her position as a
31Member of the Legislature.
32(c) The Office of Emergency Services shall collaborate closely
33with the council in developing funding priorities, framing the
34request for proposals, and soliciting proposals.
35(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2015,
36and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
37is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends that date.
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