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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Kevin Murray, Chairman

                                           1240 (Hollingsworth)
          
          Hearing Date:  5/25/06          Amended: 4/5/06
          Consultant: Nora Lynn           Policy Vote: Public Safety 4-0

















































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          BILL SUMMARY:  SB 1240, an urgency measure, requires the  
          Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR's)  
          Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) to develop and administer  
          a grant program to fund local agencies' Sexual Assault Felony  
          Enforcement (SAFE) Teams. SB 1240 appropriates an unspecified  
          amount from the General Fund to the State Controller for  
          distribution to local agencies for this purpose.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2006-07      2007-08       2008-09     Fund
           SAFE Team grant programUnspecified; likely at least  
          $6,000General
               appropriation     
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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE
          Existing law establishes the SAFE Team program, whose mission is  
          to reduce violent sexual assault offenses through "proactive  
          surveillance and arrest of habitual sex offenders ? and strict  
          enforcement of registration requirements for sex offenders? ."  
          SAFE Teams typically consist of representatives of police and  
          sheriff's departments, the participating county's district  
          attorney's Bureau of Investigations, and the county probation  
          department. 

          SB 1240 outlines objectives for CSA to use in developing  
          standards for a SAFE Team grant program. Counties are required  
          to provide a 25% match, which may be in kind, and counties  
          proposing a greater match are to be given priority. The measure  
          further requires all counties receiving grants to report  
          annually beginning January 2008, on the programs funded by the  
          grants and the program outcomes.

          The State Controller's Office was unable to provide an estimate  
          of its costs associated with distributing grant funds to local  
          agencies. Staff estimates costs to the CSA to develop and  
          administer the grant program, and to the Controller to  
          distribute awarded funds, combined should not exceed 5% of the  
          total amount appropriated.

          There are five SAFE Teams currently operating in California -  
          one, in Santa Clara County, funded by the county with an annual  
          budget of approximately $450,000, and four others managed by  
          DOJ's Bureau of Investigations in Alameda, Los Angeles, San  
          Diego and San Mateo counties. The DOJ-managed teams' budgets  






          range from $1.2 million to $1.5 million each.

          STAFF NOTES the Governor's proposed budget for 2006-07 includes  
          $6 million for the Office of Emergency Services for SAFE Teams  
          grants. The Governor's proposed budget further proposes to  
          increase this funding by $2 million in 2007-08, for an ongoing  
          program of $8 million.