BILL NUMBER: AB 862	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2005
	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  
modification. The  Department of Child Support Services 
, which   shall develop the information and provide it
to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for distribution.
The  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.