BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 112 Hearing Date: June 18,
2015
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|Author: |Committee on Budget |
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|Version: |January 9, 2015 Introduced |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Julie Salley-Gray |
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Subject: Budget Act of 2015.
Summary: Provides for statutory changes necessary to enact the public
safety provisions of the Budget Act of 2015.
Background: As part of the 2015-16 budget package, AB 112 makes statutory
changes to implement the budget act.
Proposed
Law:
This bill makes the following statutory changes:
1.Debt Amnesty Program. Establishes an 18-month amnesty program,
which allows individuals with past-due court-ordered debt to
receive a reduction in the amount owed if they meet certain
eligibility criteria. Allow drivers with suspended licenses to
reinstate their licenses as part of the amnesty program.
2.Drug Interdiction. Requires an independent evaluation of the
effectiveness of the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation's (CDCR) enhanced drug interdiction effort.
Removes the requirement that visitors be offered a strip
search as an option if they test positive using an Ion scanner
or canines.
3.Enhanced Treatment Program Reporting Requirements. Requires
the Department of State Hospitals to submit written draft
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policies and procedures that will guide the operation of the
Enhanced Treatment Units (ETPs) prior to the activation of the
ETPs.
4.Closure of the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC).
Requires the Administration to provide an updated
comprehensive plan for the state prison system, including a
permanent solution for the decaying infrastructure of the
California Rehabilitation Center. In addition, states
legislative findings and declarations that given the reduction
in the prison population, the Legislature believes that
further investment in building additional prisons is
unnecessary at this time and that the California
Rehabilitation Center can be closed without jeopardizing the
court-ordered population cap.
5.Community Performance Incentive Grants. Updates the formula
for the Community Performance Incentive Grants to reflect
changes in the prison and county probation populations as a
result of 2011 Public Safety Realignment.
6.Office of Law Enforcement Support (OLES) Reporting
Requirements. Requires OLES to submit reports to the
Legislature semi-annually, beginning October 1, 2016, that
include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. The number, type, and disposition of complaints made
against employees.
b. A synopsis of each investigation reviewed by the
Office of Law Enforcement Support.
c. An assessment of the quality of each investigation.
d. The report of any settlement and whether the Office
of Law Enforcement Support concurred with the settlement.
e. The extent to which any disciplinary action was
modified after imposition.
f. Timeliness of investigations and completion of
investigation reports.
g. The number of reports made to an individual's
licensing board, in cases involving serious or criminal
misconduct by the individual.
h. The number of investigations referred for criminal
prosecution and employee disciplinary action and the
outcomes of those cases.
i. The adequacy of the State Department of State
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Hospitals' and the Developmental Centers Division of the
State Department of Developmental Services' systems for
tracking patterns and monitoring investigation outcomes
and employee compliance with training requirements.
7.Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training (CPOST).
Reduces the length of the correctional officer training
academy from 16 to 12 weeks and re-establishes CPOST. CPOST is
responsible for developing and monitoring standards for the
selection and training of correctional officers and would be
governed by six members (three from CDCR management and three
from the correctional officers' union) appointed by the
Governor. In addition, requires CPOST to regularly consult
with experts in the area of correctional officer training.
8.Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program. Authorizes the California
Highway Patrol to develop a plan, by January 1, 2016, for
conducting a body-worn camera pilot program that explores
things such as the types of officers that would be assigned or
permitted to wear body-worn cameras, the minimum
specifications for the cameras to be used in the program, and
the best practices for notifying the public that an officer's
body-worn camera is recording.
9.Involuntary Medication Process for Individuals found Not
Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Modifies the fair hearing
process for individuals who have been found not guilty by
reason of insanity and refuse to take medication.
10.Restoration of Competency. Removes the sunset date for the
Restoration of Competency program. Streamlines current local
restoration of competency programs, funded by the Department
of State Hospitals to allow more counties to participate in
the program.
11.Native American Heritage Day. Clarifies that Native American
Heritage Day is not a court holiday.
12.Sunset Extension for Enhanced Civil Fees. Extends the sunset
for enhanced civil fees from July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2018.
13.Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Growth Special Account.
Deletes the requirement that funds in the Enhancing Law
Enforcement Activities Growth Special Account be distributed
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on August 25th of each fiscal year. Specifies that each
growth allocation from the Enhancing Law Enforcement
Activities Growth Special Account shall utilize the same
allocation schedules calculated for the base allocations from
the same fiscal year to which the growth is attributed.
14.Includes other technical and clarifying changes necessary to
enact the budget.
Fiscal
Effect: The funding related to the changes in this bill is contained
in the 2015-16 budget act. The bill also contains a
reappropriation for the Board of State and Community Corrections
to administer the mentally ill crime reduction grants.
Support: Unknown.
Opposed: Unknown.
Comments: This bill provides the necessary statutory references to enact
the 2015-16 budget related to public safety.
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