BILL NUMBER: SB 626	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 105033 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to transit districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 626, as amended, McGuire. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
District: police force.
   Existing law creates the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District,
within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, governed by a 12-member
board of directors. Existing law requires the district to work with
specified authorities to achieve a safe, efficient, and compatible
system of passenger and freight rail service and authorizes the
district to own, operate, manage, and maintain a passenger rail
system within the territory of the district. Existing law requires
the board to appoint a general manager for the district and
authorizes the general manager to, among other things, appoint,
supervise, suspend, or remove district officers, other than members
of the board and officers appointed by the board.
   This bill would authorize the board to establish the position of
chief of police, subject to specified requirements. If the board
determines that more  officers are   than one
officer is  needed, the bill would authorize the board to
contract  with   for any additional law
enforcement services from law enforcement agencies located within
 the County of Marin or the County of  Sonoma, or both,
for those law enforcement services. The bill would require the chief
of police to comply with the standards for recruitment and training
of peace officers established by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training. The bill would require the board to equip
every contract officer with an on-body camera or similar video body
camera technology while that officer is on active duty in the
district.   Sonoma. 
   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 105033 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   105033.   (a)    The board is
authorized to establish the position of chief of police. The chief of
police shall be a duly sworn peace officer appointed by the board
and  subject to Section 830.33 of the Penal Code. 
 who meets the current requirements of the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training pursuant to   Title 4
(commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of   the Penal
Code.  If the board determines that more than one officer is
needed, the board may contract for  those   any
additional  law enforcement services  with either
  from law enforcement agencies located within  the
County of Marin or the County of  Sonoma, or both. 
 Sonoma.  
   (b) The chief of police shall comply with the standards for
recruitment and training of peace officers established by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to Title
4 (commencing with Section 13500) of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
 
   (c) The board shall equip every contract officer with an on-body
camera or similar video body camera technology while that officer is
on active duty for the district.