BILL NUMBER: AB 862	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Alquist   ) 
   (   Coauthor:   Senator   Romero
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2005

   An act to add Section 5031 to the Penal Code, relating to inmates.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 862, as amended, Bass.  Inmates: parental rights and
responsibilities.
   Under existing law, the Department of Corrections  and
Rehabilitation  has responsibility for the care and custody of
inmates under its jurisdiction.
   This bill, entitled the Sheran Rallanson Act, would require every
inmate who is remanded to the custody of the Department of
Corrections  and Rehabilitation  who is a parent of a minor
child to receive, upon reception, information about child support,
how to modify child support orders, and other materials developed by
the Department of Child Support Services.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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


  SECTION 1.
   This act shall be known as the Sheran Rallanson Act.
  SEC. 2  Section 5031 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   5031.
   Every inmate who is remanded to the custody of the Department of
Corrections  and Rehabilitation  and who is a parent of a
minor child shall receive, upon reception, information on child
support modification as developed by the Department of Child Support
Services, which information shall include, but is not limited to, all
of the following:
   (a) A Department of Child Support Services Child Support Handbook.

   (b) A pamphlet entitled "Child Support Information for the Parent
in Jail or Prison."
   (c) Any other material developed by the Department of Child
Support Services that will provide the necessary information
regarding child support processes and procedures.