BILL NUMBER: AB 2139	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2006

   An act to add Section 6275 to the Family Code, relating to
emergency protective orders.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2139, as introduced, Garcia  Emergency protective orders.
   Existing law authorizes a law enforcement officer to seek an
emergency protective order when the officer asserts reasonable
grounds to believe that a person is in immediate and present danger
of domestic violence, that a child is in immediate and present danger
of abuse by a family or household member, that a child is in
immediate and present danger of being abducted by a parent or
relative, or that an elder or dependent adult is in immediate and
present danger of abuse, as specified. An emergency protective order
expires at the earlier of the fifth court day or seventh calendar day
following the date of issuance.
   This bill would require a law enforcement officer who responds to
a situation involving domestic violence to inform the victim of
domestic violence that he or she may request the officer to request
an emergency protective order.
   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 6275 is added to the Family Code, to read:
   6275.  A law enforcement officer who responds to a situation
involving domestic violence shall inform the victim of domestic
violence that he or she may request the officer to request an
emergency protective order pursuant to this part.