BILL NUMBER: AB 1928	CHAPTERED  09/08/00

	CHAPTER   354
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 22, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 13, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Vincent

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2000

   An act to amend Section 13511 of, and to add and repeal Section
13543.5 to, the Penal Code, relating to peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1928, Vincent.  Peace officers:  court services investigators.
   (1) Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training to adopt standards regarding the training of
peace officers and to allow required training to be obtained at
approved institutions.  In lieu of training at an institution, the
commission is required to provide the opportunity for testing of
those persons who have acquired prior equivalent peace officer
training.
   This bill instead would require the commission, for those
instances where individuals have acquired prior comparable peace
officer training, to adopt regulations providing for alternative
means for satisfying the training required by a specified provision
of law.
   (2) Existing law requires any person or persons desiring peace
officer status under the law, who, on January 1, 1990, were not
entitled to be designated as peace officers, to request the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to undertake a
feasibility study, as specified, regarding designating the person or
persons as peace officers.  Existing law, however, provides that this
procedure does not apply to or otherwise affect the authority of
certain listed public officials and agencies to designate certain
persons as peace officers as authorized by statute.
   This bill would require the commission to issue a study and its
recommendations, as specified, regarding the court services
investigators of the County of Los Angeles and their designation as
peace officers.  The bill would provide that the commission may
charge a fee, not to exceed the actual costs of undertaking the
study, to the entity requesting the study, and that the commission
shall submit to the Legislature a copy of its study and
recommendations, as specified.  The bill would provide that these
provisions shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2002, and as
of that date they would be repealed.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 13511 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   13511.  (a) In establishing standards for training, the commission
shall, so far as consistent with the purposes of this chapter,
permit required training to be obtained at institutions approved by
the commission.
   (b) In those instances where individuals have acquired prior
comparable peace officer training, the commission shall, adopt
regulations providing for alternative means for satisfying the
training required by Section 832.3.  The commission shall charge a
fee to cover administrative costs associated with the testing
conducted under this subdivision.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13543.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13543.5.  (a) The commission shall issue a study and its
recommendations regarding the court services investigators of the
County of Los Angeles and their designation as peace officers
pursuant to the provisions of this article.  The study shall commence
after whichever of the following occurs last:
   (1) This section becomes effective.
   (2) The commission has received a request for that study from an
entity, including, but not limited to, the probation union of the
County of Los Angeles (AFSCME, Local 685), on behalf of the court
services investigators of the County of Los Angeles.
   (b) The commission may charge the entity that requests the study
under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) a fee, not to exceed the
actual costs of undertaking the study.
   (c) The commission shall submit to the Legislature a copy of its
study and recommendations prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 13542.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2002, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2002, deletes or extends
that date.