BILL NUMBER: SB 57	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Lieu and Rubio

                        JANUARY 7, 2013

   An act relating to electronic monitoring.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 57, as introduced, Lieu. Electronic monitoring: removing or
disabling GPS device: offense.
    Existing law permits, and with respect to certain sex offenders
requires, the use of electronic monitoring by county probation
departments and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to
electronically monitor the whereabouts of persons on probation and
parole, respectively.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would address the removal and disablement of global
positioning system (GPS) monitoring devices by parolees and
probationers.
   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 address the removal and disablement of global
positioning system (GPS) monitoring devices by parolees and
probationers.