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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                            Senator Carole Migden, Chair

                                           760 (Nava)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/25/05          Amended: 8/16/05
          Consultant: Nora Lynn           Policy Vote: Public Safety 5-0
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          BILL SUMMARY:   

          AB 760 entitles arrested persons who are custodial parents to  
          place three phone calls during the booking process in order to  
          make arrangements for the care of their minor children. AB 760  
          further states legislative intent for law enforcement and county  
          child welfare agencies to develop protocols with local  
          educational, judicial, correctional and community-based  
          organizations for their response to the arrest of a caretaker  
          parent with a minor child.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions               2005-06     2006-07    2007-08    Fund
           
          State mandated local program Costs potentially in the $700  
          General
          (calls)                      range annually

          POST guidelines              $115
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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE, AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED

          In 2003, approximately 1.4 million adults were arrested in  
          California on felony and misdemeanor charges. It is unknown how  
          many adults arrested each year are custodial parents and would  
          be permitted an additional three phone calls under AB 760. 

          Assuming 10% of adults arrested are custodial parents and that  
          it would take each of these parents 15 minutes to make the  
          additional three calls permitted by AB 760, additional mandated  
          guarding costs would exceed $700,000 per year. Costs to POST to  
          produce the required guidelines and training would be an  
          estimated $115,000, which POST staff has indicated would be  










          absorbable. Costs to Judicial Counsel would be minor and  
          absorbable.

          PROPOSED AMENDMENTS limit bill to provisions requiring  
          additional phone calls and POST guidelines.