BILL NUMBER: AB 1244	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act relating to reentry.   An act to add
Section 3007.5 to the Penal Code, relating to parolees. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1244, as amended, Block.  Reentry.  
Parolee: d   river's license   s   .

   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to
require a person applying for a driver's license or an identification
card to provide any identification that it determines is necessary
to ensure the identity of the applicant.  
   This bill would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to provide an offender with a Parolee Identification
Card and would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to honor that
card as a valid source of identification for the purposes of
applying for a driver's license or an identification card.  

   The bill would authorize the above-referenced departments to
jointly adopt rules and enter into interagency agreements necessary
to establish the identities of offenders for the purposes of
assisting offenders in obtaining a driver's license or identification
card immediately upon the offender's release.  
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to provide various education, drug treatment, and
skills training to inmates and parolees. Existing law requires the
establishment of a Reentry Advisory Committee to advise the secretary
on all matters related to the successful statewide planning,
implementation, and outcomes of all reentry programs and services
provided by the department.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote the reentry of former offenders into
society by ensuring that they have basic skills. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 3007.5 is added to the 
 Penal Code   , to read:  
   3007.5.  (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall jointly adopt rules and enter
into interagency agreements necessary to establish the identity of
an offender for the purpose of assisting the offender in obtaining a
driver's license or identification card immediately upon the offender'
s release from an institution of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
   (b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may provide
an offender a Parolee Identification Card that shall be honored by
the Department of Motor Vehicles as a valid source of identification
for the purposes of applying for a driver's license or an
identification card.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would promote the reentry of former
offenders into society by ensuring that they have basic skills.