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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Kevin Murray, Chairman

                                           2695 (Goldberg)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/7/06           Amended: 5/22/06
          Consultant: Nora Lynn           Policy Vote: Public Safety 6-0
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          BILL SUMMARY:   
          AB 2695 extends the sunset, from 2007 to 2010, on the $400  
          minimum mandatory fine an individual granted probation for a  
          domestic violence crime may have imposed, the allocation of  
          these payments between local and state domestic violence special  
          funds. AB 2695 also eliminates the 2007 sunset date on the  
          waiving of fees associated with service of process for specified  
          restraining orders and injunctions.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2006-07      2007-08       2008-09     Fund
           
          Sunset extensions      See staff comments               Local/
                                                                   
          Specials*
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          * Domestic Violence Restitution Order Reimbursement Fund &  
          Domestic Violence Training and Education Fund
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          STAFF COMMENTS: 
          
          AB 352 (Goldberg, 2003) increased the mandatory minimum fine  
          imposed on persons granted probation for a domestic violence  
          crime from $200 to $400 until 2007. AB 352 also changed the  
          allocation formula for these fine monies, from one-third going  
          to local domestic violence special funds and two-thirds to state  
          domestic violence special funds to two-thirds local and  
          one-third state. AB 2695 would extend the sunset on these  
          changes to 2010. Additionally, AB 2695 would eliminate the 2007  
          sunset date for the waiver of fees associated with the service  
          of process for protective orders, restraining orders and  
          injunctions.











          The state portion of domestic violence fines are deposited into  
          two funds - the Domestic Violence Restitution Order  
          Reimbursement Fund, administered by the Department of Justice,  
          and the Domestic Violence Training and Education Fund,  
          administered by the Department of Health Services. Transfers  
          into the funds from local agencies have remained relatively  
          steady since AB 352's enactment in 2004. Both departments  
          indicated they projected no fiscal impact to AB 2695.