BILL NUMBER: SB 979	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Beall

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2014

   An act to amend Section 256 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to juveniles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 979, as introduced, Beall. Juveniles: juvenile hearing
officers.
   Existing law allows a juvenile hearing officer to hear and dispose
of any case in which a minor is alleged to have committed any one of
specified misdemeanors or infractions.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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.  Section 256 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   256.  Subject to the orders of the juvenile court, a juvenile
hearing officer may hear and dispose of any case in which a minor
under  the age of  18 years  of age  as of
the date of the alleged offense is charged with (1) any violation of
the Vehicle Code, except Section 23136, 23140, 23152, or 23153 of
that code, not declared to be a felony, (2) a violation of
subdivision (m) of Section 602 of the Penal Code, (3) a violation of
the Fish and Game Code not declared to be a felony, (4) a violation
of any of the equipment provisions of the Harbors and Navigation Code
or the vessel registration provisions of the Vehicle Code, (5) a
violation of any  provision of  state or local law
relating to traffic offenses, loitering or curfew, or evasion of
fares on a public transportation system, as defined by Section 99211
of the Public Utilities Code, (6) a violation of Section 27176 of the
Streets and Highways Code, (7) a violation of Section 640 or 640a of
the Penal Code, (8) a violation of the rules and regulations
established pursuant to Sections 5003 and 5008 of the Public
Resources Code, (9) a violation of Section 33211.6 of the Public
Resources Code, (10) a violation of Section 25658, 25658.5, 25661, or
25662 of the Business and Professions Code, (11) a violation of
subdivision (f) of Section 647 of the Penal Code, (12) a misdemeanor
violation of Section 594 of the Penal Code, involving defacing
property with paint or any other liquid, (13) a violation of
subdivision (b), (d), or (e) of Section 594.1 of the Penal Code, (14)
a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 11357 of the Health and
Safety Code, (15) any infraction, or (16) any misdemeanor for which
the minor is cited to appear by a probation officer pursuant to
subdivision (f) of Section 660.5.