BILL NUMBER: AB 671	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Krekorian
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Benoit   ) 
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Block, Gilmore, Jeffries, Knight, and
Torres)
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Huff
  and Wright   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add Chapter 9.9 (commencing with Section 3410) to
Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to the Golden
Shield Award.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 671, as amended, Krekorian. Public Safety Golden Shield Award.
   The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act authorizes the
Governor to annually award and present in the name of the State of
California a Medal of Valor to one public safety officer, as defined,
who is cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the
board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty.
   This bill would require the Governor to additionally annually
award and present in the name of the State of California a Golden
Shield Award to the next of kin of, or immediate family members of,
every public safety officer who, while serving  under
competent authority  in any capacity  under competent
authority  , has been killed in the line of duty.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 9.9 (commencing with Section 3410) is added to
Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 9.9.  CALIFORNIA GOLDEN SHIELD ACT


   3410.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
California Golden Shield Act.
   3411.  The Governor annually shall award, and present in the name
of the State of California, a Golden Shield Award of appropriate
design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to the next of kin of, or
immediate family members of, every public safety officer who, while
serving  under competent authority in any capacity 
 in any capacity under competent authority  , has been
killed in the line of duty in that year.
   3412.  For the purposes of this chapter, "public safety officer"
means a person serving a public agency, with or without compensation,
as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, or emergency services
officer. "Law enforcement officer" includes a person who is a
corrections or court officer or a civil defense officer.