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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           1017 (Portantino)
          
          Hearing Date:  08/27/2009           Amended: 08/19/2009
          Consultant:  Jacqueline Wong-HernandezPolicy Vote: Public Safety  
          7-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 1017 requires that each local law enforcement  
          agency responsible for taking or processing rape kit evidence  
          shall annually report, by July 1 of each year, the following  
          information to the Department of Justice (DOJ):

             1)   The total number of rape kits received during the  
               preceding calendar year and, of that total, the number of  
               rape kits for which the identity of the assailant is  
               unknown and the number of rape kits for which the identity  
               of the assailant is contested. 
             2)   The total number of rape kits tested during the  
               preceding calendar year and, of that total, the number of  
               rape kits for which the identity of the assailant is  
               unknown and the number of rape kits for which the identity  
               of the assailant is contested. 
             3)   The total number of rape kits that law enforcement has  
               requested be tested and, of that total, the number of rape  
               kits for which the identity of the assailant is unknown and  
               the number of rape kits for which the identity of the  
               assailant is contested.
             4)   The number of rape kits that law enforcement has  
               requested be tested that remain untested and, of that  
               number, the number of rape kits for which the identity of  
               the assailant is unknown and the number of rape kits for  
               which the identity of the assailant is contested.
             5)   The total number of untested rape kits in its possession  
               as of January 1 of the reporting year.
             6)   The total number of rape kits destroyed during the  
               preceding calendar year.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2009-10      2010-11       2011-12     Fund
           Mandate on local law      Likely very minor, if reimbursable      
                     General   










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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.

          This bill requires every local law enforcement agency to report  
          the information specified above to DOJ. For cities and counties  
          which have their evidence logs computerized, this bill requires  
          a much smaller task than for those that do not. Because this  
          bill is prospective, however, it would be simple for local law  
          enforcement agencies to develop a system of cataloguing this  
          information as rape kits come in, and continuing to track them.  
          Workload should be minor.