BILL NUMBER: SB 577	CHAPTERED  09/30/00

	CHAPTER   987
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 30, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 29, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 30, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 28, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 13, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JANUARY 19, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 6, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Peace and Rainey

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1999

   An act to amend Section 13602 of, and to add Section 13603 to, the
Penal Code, relating to corrections, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 577, Peace.  Corrections:  cadet training.
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections to use the
training academy at Galt and the Department of the Youth Authority to
use the training academy at Stockton.
   Existing law also requires each new cadet who attends an academy
after July 1, 2000, to complete a specified course of training before
he or she may be assigned to a post or job as a peace officer.
   This bill, instead, would apply this provision to each new cadet
who attends an academy after July 1, 2001, and, in addition, would
require the Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth
Authority to provide 16 weeks of training to each correctional peace
officer cadet, and a minimum of 2 weeks of training to each newly
appointed first line supervisor.  The training would be required to
be completed by the cadet prior to his or her assignment to a post or
position as a correctional peace officer.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13602 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   13602.  (a) The Department of Corrections shall use the training
academy at Galt.  This academy shall be known as the Richard A. McGee
Academy.  The Department of the Youth Authority shall use the
training center at Stockton.  The training divisions, in using the
funds, shall endeavor to minimize costs of administration so that a
maximum amount of the funds will be used for providing training and
support to correctional peace officers while being trained by the
departments.
   (b) Each new cadet who attends an academy after July 1,  2001,
shall complete the course of training, pursuant to standards approved
by CPOST before he or she may be assigned to a post or job as a
peace officer.  After July 1,  2001, every newly appointed first-line
or second-line supervisor shall complete the course of training,
pursuant to standards approved by CPOST for that position.  Every
effort shall be made to provide training prior to commencement of
supervisorial duties.  If this training is not completed within six
months of appointment to that position, any first-line or second-line
supervisor shall not perform supervisory duties until the training
is completed.  CPOST shall report to the Governor and to the
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by
September 1, 1999, concerning the training standards determined for
line correctional peace officers and supervisors of the Department of
Corrections and the  Department of the Youth Authority.  This report
shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the standards
for the curriculum of the respective academies and the length of
time required to satisfactorily train officers for their duties.
   It is the intent of this section that the report be included in
the basis for a new budget change proposal for the administration to
consider in the 2000-01 Budget Act to enhance department training
operations.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13603 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13603.  (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of
the Youth Authority shall provide 16 weeks of training to each
correctional peace officer cadet.  This training shall be completed
by the cadet prior to his or her assignment to a post or position as
a correctional peace officer.
   (b) The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth
Authority shall provide a minimum of two weeks of training to each
newly appointed first line supervisor.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to prevent any disruption in the training schedule of
correctional peace officer cadets, it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.