BILL NUMBER: AB 1022	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  232
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2010
	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, 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 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 provide that within the Department of Justice
there shall be a director 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, maintaining records, and making the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training Guidelines for Handling Missing
Persons Investigations document available to law enforcement agencies
upon request.


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 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).