BILL NUMBER: AB 1022	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 18, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 8, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Nava and Cook

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 14201.8 to the Penal Code, relating to
missing children.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1022, as amended, Nava. Missing children.
   Existing law provides that the Attorney General shall establish
and maintain the Violent Crime Information Center to assist in the
identification and the apprehension of persons responsible for
specific violent crimes and for the disappearance and exploitation of
persons, particularly children and dependent adults. Existing law
provides that the Attorney General shall establish the Missing and
Exploited Children's Recovery Network which shall consist of an
automated computerized system that shall have the capability to
electronically transmit information pertaining to missing children to
all state and local law enforcement agencies, as specified.
   This bill would  establish   provide that
 within the Department of Justice  there shall be  a
director  position   responsible for
coordinating California's response to missing persons. The bill would
establish this position  for the purposes of assisting law
enforcement agencies with the timely search and recovery of at-risk
abducted children, maintaining up-to-date knowledge and expertise of
those protocols, best practices, and technologies that are most
effective for recovering missing children, maintaining relationships
with law enforcement agencies and other entities responsible for the
investigation of missing persons,  and providing oversight
and maintenance of the state's Child Abduction First Responder List
  maintaining records, and making the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards Training Guidelines for Handling Missing
Persons Investigations document available to law enforcement agencies
upon request  .
   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.  Section 14201.8 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   14201.8.  (a) There shall be within the Department of Justice a
director responsible for coordinating California's response to
missing persons. This position is hereby established for all of the
following purposes:
   (1) To assist law enforcement agencies, at their request, with the
timely search and recovery of at-risk abducted children.
   (2) To maintain up-to-date knowledge and expertise of those
protocols, best practices, and technologies that are most effective
for recovering missing children in a timely manner.
   (3) To maintain relationships with federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies and other entities responsible for the
investigation of missing persons in the state. 
   (4) To provide oversight and maintenance of the state's Child
Abduction First Responder List.  
   (4) To maintain records and make the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training Guidelines for Handling Missing Persons
Investigations document available to law enforcement agencies upon
request. 
   (b) The director shall utilize existing resources and expertise
within the Attorney General's office to the maximum extent possible
to accomplish the purposes specified in subdivision (a).