BILL NUMBER: AB 1712 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hancock
FEBRUARY 22, 2005
An act relating to CalWORKs. An act to
amend Section 103627 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 18309
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to domestic violence.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1712, as amended, Hancock. CalWORKs: Kin-GAP Program
Domestic violence .
Existing law provides for the California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county
provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income
families. Each county is required to pay a share of the cost of both
aid grant and administrative costs for the CalWORKs program. Existing
law, the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program,
provides for financial assistance to children who, after being
adjudged dependent children of the juvenile court, are placed in
legal guardianship with a relative, at specified rates.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address the provision of benfits under the Kin-GAP
Program.
Existing law authorizes the Alameda County Board of Supervisors,
upon making findings and declarations supporting the need for
governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies
dealing with domestic violence, to authorize an increase in the fees
for certified copies of marriage certificates, birth certificates,
fetal death records, and death records, up to a maximum increase of
$2. Existing law authorizes the Alameda County Board of Supervisors
to authorize an increase in those fees each year. In addition to
those fees, existing law requires any applicant for a certified copy
of a birth certificate, a fetal death record, or death record in
Alameda County to pay an additional fee to the local registrar,
county recorder, or county clerk as established by the Alameda County
Board of Supervisors.
Existing law requires the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to
direct the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to
deposit the above fees into a special fund. Existing law authorizes
the county to retain up to 4% of the fund for administrative costs
and requires proceeds from the fund to be used for governmental
oversight and coordination of domestic violence and family violence
prevention, intervention, and prosecution efforts.
The above provisions of existing law remain in effect only until
January 1, 2010.
This bill would additionally authorize the City Council of the
City of Berkeley to authorize an increase in the fees within its
local health jurisdiction for certified copies of marriage
certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and death
records, up to a maximum increase of $2. The bill would also
authorize the city to authorize an increase in those fees each year
and to establish an additional fee that any applicant for a certified
copy of a birth certificate, a fetal death record, or death record
in the city must pay to the local registrar. The bill would require
the city to direct the local registrar to deposit the above fees into
a special fund, separate from the county's special fund, and would
authorize the city to retain up to 4% of the fund for administrative
costs.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 103627 of the Health and Safety
Code is amended to read:
103627. (a) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the
City Council of the City of Berkeley , upon making findings and
declarations supporting the need for governmental oversight and
coordination of the multiple agencies dealing with domestic violence,
may authorize an increase in the fees for certified copies of
marriage certificates, birth certificates, fetal death records, and
death records, up to a maximum increase of two dollars ($2) in
their respective local health jurisdictions .
(b) Effective July 1 of each year, the Alameda County Board of
Supervisors and the City Council of the City of
Berkeley may authorize an increase in these fees by an amount
equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for the San
Francisco metropolitan area for the preceding calendar year, rounded
to the nearest half-dollar ($0.50). The fees shall be disposed of
pursuant to the provisions of Section 18309 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(c) In addition to the fees prescribed by subdivisions (a) and
(b), any applicant for a certified copy of a birth certificate, a
fetal death record, or death record in Alameda County or in the
City of Berkeley shall pay an additional fee to the local
registrar, county recorder, or county clerk , as applicable,
as established by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors
or the City Council of the City of Berkeley .
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2010, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
deletes or extends that date.
SEC. 2. Section 18309 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code is amended to read:
18309. (a) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors shall direct
the local registrar, county recorder, and county clerk to deposit
fees collected pursuant to Section 26840.10 of the Government Code
and Section 103627 of the Health and Safety Code into a special fund.
The City Council of the City of Berkeley shall direct the local
registrar to deposit fees collected pursuant to Section 103627 of
the Health and Safety Code into a special fund that is separate from
the county's special fund. The county and city may
retain up to 4 percent of the fund their
respective funds for administrative costs associated with the
collection and segregation of the additional fees and the deposit of
these fees into the special fund funds
. Proceeds from the fund funds shall
be used for governmental oversight and coordination of domestic
violence and family violence prevention, intervention, and
prosecution efforts among the court system, the district attorney's
office, the public defender's office, law enforcement, the probation
department, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare services,
adult protective services, and community-based organizations and
other agencies working in Alameda County in order to increase the
effectiveness of prevention, early intervention, and prosecution of
domestic and family violence.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2010, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
deletes or extends that date.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address the provision of benfits under the Kin-GAP
Program.