BILL NUMBER: AB 148	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 14, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Members   Alarcon
    and Parra   Member
  Lieber 

                        JANUARY 17, 2007

    An act to amend Sections 290.46 and 3003 of the Penal
Code, relating to sex offenders.   An act relating to
inmates. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 148, as amended,  Alarcon   Lieber  .
 Sex offenders.   Female offenders: dental
care.  
   Existing law authorizes the use of any information relating to sex
offenders disclosed on the Internet Web site maintained by the
Department of Justice only to protect a person at risk and prohibits
the use of the information for purposes relating to health insurance,
insurance, loans, credit, employment, education, scholarships, or
fellowships, housing or accommodations, or benefits, privileges, or
services provided by any business establishment.  
   This bill would remove the prohibition against using the
information for purposes relating to housing or accommodation and
would authorize that a lessor of residential real property may refuse
to provide housing to, or evict, a sex offender whose residence
address is made available on the Web site. This bill would also
provide that a lessor may inform other residents of that residential
real property that a person whose residence address is made available
on the Internet Web site also resides in the residential real
property.  
   Existing law, as amended by Proposition 83 of the November 7,
2006, statewide general election, requires the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to place a parolee in an appropriate
county upon the parolee's release from prison, as determined by
specified conditions.  
   This bill would add the condition that inmates who are released on
parole for violation of any sexual offense for which registration is
required pursuant to specified provisions be evenly placed
throughout the state, as specified.  
   Proposition 83 permits the Legislature, by majority vote of the
membership of each house, to amend the provisions of the act to
expand the scope of the application of the provisions of Proposition
83.  
   Under existing law, the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation is charged with the care and custody of state prison
inmates.  
   This bill would require the department to prioritize
implementation of the provisions of the settlement in Perez v. Tilton
in all institutions that house female offenders. The bill would
require female offenders who are otherwise eligible for placement in
community correctional facilities but whose placement is delayed
because of unresolved dental problems to receive priority for dental
care.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall prioritize implementation of the provisions of
the settlement in Perez v. Tilton in all institutions that house
female offenders. Female offenders who are otherwise eligible for
placement in community correctional facilities but whose placement is
delayed because of unresolved dental problems shall receive priority
for dental care.  All matter omitted in this version of the
bill appears in the bill as introduced in the Assembly January 17,
2007. (JR11)