BILL NUMBER: SB 544 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 6, 2014
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 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
This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to
apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of creating
a specialized license plate program. The bill would require that the
fees collected from the sale of the specialized license plates be
deposited in the Violence Prevention Fund, and, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, be available to further the purposes of the
authority.
This bill would specify that funding for the authority
shall may be provided in the annual
Budget Act, as specified. specified, and the
authority would not be operational until sufficient funding for the
authority, from all sources, becomes available.
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 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, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the
State Director of Public Health
Health Officer .
(c) The advisory board shall also include the following:
(1) The Secretary of the California Health and
Human Services Agency, Services, 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 Services .
(2) The Commissioner 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 of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
(6) Six public members, each representing a health, criminal
justice, or civic association or organization working in the area of
violence 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 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.
14068. The State Department of Public Health shall apply to the
Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 5156 of the Vehicle
Code for the purpose of creating a specialized license plate program.
The fees collected from the sale of the specialized license plates
shall be deposited in the Violence Prevention Fund, and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, shall be used to carry out the
purposes of this title. The department shall comply with all of the
requirements of Article 8.6 (commencing with Section 5151) of Chapter
1 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code that apply to a state agency
that sponsors a specialized license plate program.
SEC. 2. Funding to implement the purposes, objectives, and
operations of the California Violence Prevention Authority
shall may be provided from an amount
appropriated to the State Department of Public Health for that
purpose in the annual Budget Act. The California Violence
Prevention Authority shall not be operational until the State
Department of Public Health determines that sufficient funding for
the authority, from any source, including, but not limited to, an
appropriation to the State Department of Public Health for that
purpose in the annual Budget Act or revenue generated by
the sale of a specialized license plate created pursuant to Section
14068 of the Penal Code, has become available.