SB 544 Senate Bill

BILL NUMBER: SB 544	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 5, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 4, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to  amend Section 41512 of, and to  add 
Title 9 (commencing with Section 14060) to Part 4 of the Penal Code,
   Section 41511.5 to, the Education Code, 
relating to  violence prevention.   school
safety. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 544, as amended, DeSaulnier.  Violence prevention.
  School safety programs: funding.  
   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. 

   The School Safety Violence Protection Act establishes the School
Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy Program, which is
administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the
purpose of providing grant funding and coordination of programs and
strategies that promote school safety and emphasize violence
prevention among children and youth in the public schools. Existing
law establishes the school safety consolidated competitive grant,
from which grant funds are distributed to school districts in order
to carry out one or more purposes for which various specified school
safety programs were established, including programs under the School
Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy Program.  
   Existing law authorizes a state agency to apply to the Department
of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and
requires the department to issue specialized license plates for that
program, if the state agency complies with specified requirements.

   This bill would require the State Department of  Public
Health   Education  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 
School  Violence Prevention Fund,  which the bill would
establish,  and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be
 available to further the purposes of the authority 
 allocated to the State Department of Education for purposes of
carrying out those same school safety programs funded under the
school safety consolidated competitive grant program, or as
determined by the department for purposes of school violence
prevention. The bill would authorize the Superintendent to consult
with the Board of State and Community Corrections, the State
Department of Social Services, and the State Department of Public
Health on school violence prevention and intervention in order to
carry out one or more of the purposes of those specified school
safety programs  . 
   This bill would specify that funding for the authority may be
provided in the annual Budget Act, as 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.    Section 41511.5 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   41511.5.  The State Department of Education 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.
Notwithstanding Section 5157 of the Vehicle Code, the fees collected
from the sale of the specialized license plates shall be deposited
in the School Violence Prevention Fund, which is hereby established
in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the
moneys in that fund shall be allocated to the State Department of
Education in order to carry out one or more of the purposes for which
the programs listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing
with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were established, as
the statutes governing those programs read on January 1, 2004, or as
determined by the State Department of Education for purposes of
school violence prevention. The State Department of Education 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.    Section 41512 of the   Education
Code   is amended to read: 
   41512.   (a)    The Superintendent  of
Public Instruction  shall work in partnership with the
Office of the Attorney General to ensure proper and efficient
distribution of grant funds to school districts in order to carry out
one or more of the purposes for which the programs listed in Section
41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter
2 of Part 21 were established, as the statutes governing those
programs read on January 1, 2004. 
   (b) The Superintendent may consult with the Board of State and
Community Corrections, the State Department of Social Services, and
the State Department of Public Health on school violence prevention
and intervention in order to carry out one or more of the purposes
for which the programs listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4
(commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were
established, as the statutes governing those programs read on January
1, 2004.  
  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 Public Health Officer.
   (c) The advisory board shall also include the following:
   (1) The Secretary of California Health and Human 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
California Health and Human 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 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.