BILL NUMBER: SB 842	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 13733 to the Penal Code, relating to
domestic violence.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 842, as introduced, Machado.   Domestic violence.
   Existing law requires persons convicted of a crime of domestic
violence who are granted probation to successfully complete a
batterer's treatment program.
   This bill would require every city, county, and city and county to
develop a system for recording, and to report to the Attorney
General on a monthly basis, the total number of persons convicted of
domestic violence who are ordered to attend, are currently enrolled
in, and have successfully completed, batterer's treatment or
intervention programs within its jurisdiction. This bill would also
require the Attorney General to report these totals to the Governor,
Legislature, and public.
   Because this bill would require local officials to perform
additional duties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.

  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13733 is added to the  Penal Code , to read:
   13733.  (a) Every city, county, and city and county shall develop
a system for recording, and shall report to the Attorney General on a
monthly basis, the total number of persons convicted of domestic
violence who are ordered to attend, are currently enrolled in, and
have successfully completed, batterer's treatment or intervention
programs within its jurisdiction.(b) The Attorney General shall
report annually to the Governor, the Legislature, and the public the
total number of persons convicted of domestic violence who are
ordered to attend, are currently enrolled in, and have successfully
completed, batterer's treatment or intervention programs.
  SEC. 2.
  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act
contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies
and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part
7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.