SB 544 Senate Bill

BILL NUMBER: SB 544	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 4, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Title 9 (commencing with Section 14060) to Part 4 of
the Penal Code, relating to violence prevention.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 544, as amended, DeSaulnier. Violence prevention.
   Existing law provides for multiple violence prevention programs,
including the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention
Partnership Program  ,   ;  the California
Community Crime Resistance Program  ,   ; 
the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program  ,   ;
 and the sexual assault felony enforcement (SAFE) team program.

   This bill would create the California Violence Prevention
Authority within the  Department of Justice  
State Department of Public Health  . The authority would be
given duties and responsibilities related to the prevention of
violence, including, developing a statewide violence prevention plan
and coordinating statewide violence prevention efforts. The duties
and responsibilities of the authority would also include
administering a violence prevention grant program with available
funds, as specified. The bill would provide for an advisory
committee, as specified, to assist the authority, and would also
create the Violence Prevention Fund in the State Treasury. This bill
would specify that funding for the authority shall be provided in the
annual Budget Act, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Title 9 (commencing with Section 14060) is added to
Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:

      TITLE 9.  California Violence Prevention Act


   14060.  This title shall be known and may be cited as the
California Violence Prevention Act of 2013.
   14062.  (a) The California Violence Prevention Authority is hereby
created within the  State  Department of  Justice.
  Public Health. 
   (b) The duties and responsibilities of the authority shall
include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Developing a statewide, violence prevention plan that includes
multidisciplinary approaches, including criminal justice and public
health approaches, to violence prevention in families, schools, and
communities.
   (2) Coordinating statewide violence prevention efforts.
   (3) Seeking, receiving, and administering grants and funds from
public and private sources for violence prevention efforts and
programs.
   (4) Distributing the grants and funds obtained for violence
prevention efforts and programs, pursuant to rules adopted by the
authority and subject to appropriation, to local and statewide
organizations, initiatives, and programs that address violence
prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner, including,
but not limited to, the following:
   (A) Community based youth violence prevention programs, including
mentoring programs, after school programs, and job training and
development programs.
   (B) Early childhood intervention programs designed to prevent
violence and identify and serve at-risk children and families.
   (C) Family violence and sexual assault prevention initiatives.
   (D) Programs that integrate violence prevention services with
alcohol and substance abuse prevention services.
   (E) Programs that integrate violence prevention services with
providing health care services.
   (5) Providing training and technical assistance to help build the
capacity of organizations, communities, and local government to
develop, implement, and evaluate violence prevention programs.
   14064.  (a) The authority shall have an advisory board which shall
meet periodically to carry out the purposes of this title and to
execute the duties and responsibilities identified in Section 14062.
   (b) The advisory board shall include, and be chaired by, the
Attorney  General   General, the Superintendent
of Public Instruction,  and the State Director of Public Health.

   (c) The advisory board shall also include the following:
   (1) The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services
Agency, or his or her designee, and one additional representative of
the California Health and Human Services Agency, to be selected by
the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency.
   (2) The Commissioner  of the Department  of the
California Highway Patrol, or his or her designee.
   (3) The Director of Social Services, or his or her designee.
   (4) The Director of the California Department of Aging, or his or
her designee. 
   (5) The Secretary for Education, or his or her designee. 

   (6) 
    (5)  The Secretary  for   of 
the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. 
   (7) 
    (6)  Six public members, each representing a health,
criminal justice, or civic association or organization working in the
area of violence  prevention.   prevention, or
an advocate for victims including domestic violence or sexual assault
victims.  Three of the public members shall be appointed by the
Attorney General and three of the public members shall be appointed
by the  State Director of Public Health.  
Superintendent of Public Instruction.  Each public member shall
be appointed for a term of three years, and may be reappointed.
   14066.  The Violence Prevention Fund is hereby created in the
State Treasury. Funds received from private, state, or federal
sources for violence prevention purposes may be deposited into the
fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, these funds shall be
used by the California Violence Prevention Authority to carry out the
purposes of this title.
  SEC. 2.  Funding to implement the purposes, objectives, and
operations of the California Violence Prevention Authority shall be
provided from an amount appropriated to the  State 
Department of  Justice   Public Health  for
that purpose in the annual Budget Act.