BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Carole Migden, Chairwoman
1107 (Alquist)
Hearing Date: 5/9/05 Amended: 4/18/05
Consultant: Nora Lynn Policy Vote: Public Safety 6-0
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BILL SUMMARY:
SB 1107, an omnibus bill, makes technical corrections to the
Penal Code, and makes three more substantive changes; SB 1107:
(1) repeals appointing authority for the presiding judge of the
Contra Costa County Superior Court to the county board of parole
commissioners; (2) modifies the information required on reports
of suspected child abuse and neglect made by mandated reporters;
and (3) authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assess a
fee when furnishing a report of child abuse or neglect as part
of a background check done for law enforcement employment.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Fund
Fees for CACI checks $82.5** $103** $103**
Special*
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* Department of Justice Sexual Habitual Offender Fund
** Fully offset by fees paid by law enforcement employers
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STAFF COMMENTS:
The annual Public Safety Committee omnibus bill is intended to
make only technical or minor changes to the law. Three of its
provisions are more substantive, and one of those has fiscal
impacts.
Under current law the presiding judge of the Contra Costa County
Superior Court is permitted to appoint an alternate for the
public member on the county board of parole commissioners. SB
1107 repeals that provision and has no fiscal impact.
Under current law, mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect
are required to provide specified information in their reports
to law enforcement and current law requires that the report
"shall include" the name of the child victim. SB 1107 amends
that provision to require the name of the child victim "if it is
known." This provision has no fiscal impact.
Under current law, access to the Child Abuse Central Index
(CACI) has been granted to governmental agencies conducting
background checks for persons seeking employment as law
enforcement officers. DOJ can charge a fee when CACI is accessed
for some employment or licensing purposes. SB 1107 permits the
fee to be
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charged for law enforcement employment searches.
DOJ estimates 27,500 law enforcement background checks are
conducted annually. Assuming that in 2005-06 20% of those will
include CACI checks, DOJ will incur $82,500 in search costs
which will be fully offset through a $15 fee per search. In
subsequent years, the number of CACI searches will increase to
25% of law enforcement background checks at a cost of $103,125,
which will be passed on through fees to law enforcement
employers requesting the searches.