BILL NUMBER: SB 38	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León

                        DECEMBER 5, 2012

   An act relating to domestic violence.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 38, as introduced, De León. Domestic violence: fees.
   Existing law imposes a fee of $500 on every person who is granted
probation for a crime of domestic violence. Two-thirds of the fee is
deposited in the county's domestic violence programs special fund, to
be expended in support of domestic violence shelter programs, as
specified.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would clarify whether the assessment on domestic
violence probationers is a fine or a fee and clarify the allocation
of the collected funds.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would clarify whether the assessment on domestic
violence probationers pursuant to Section 1203.097 of the Penal Code
is a fine or a fee and clarify the allocation of the collected funds.