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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1532 (Lieu)
          As Amended  February 24, 2010
          2/3 vote.  Urgency
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |71-0 |(January 19,    |SENATE: |32-0 |(June 28,      |
          |           |     |2010)           |        |     |2010)          |
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           Original Committee Reference:   PUB. S.  

           SUMMARY  :  Creates a separate Penal Code section for the existing  
          definition of a "code enforcement officer."

           The Senate amendment  adds an urgency clause.

           EXISTING LAW  defines a "code enforcement officer" as any person  
          who is not peace officer and who is employed by any governmental  
          subdivision, public or quasi-public corporation, public agency,  
          public service corporation, any town, city, county, or municipal  
          corporation, whether incorporated or chartered, that has  
          enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare  
          requirements, and whose duties include enforcement of any  
          statute, rules, regulations, or standards, and who is authorized  
          to issue citations, or file formal complaints.  A "code  
          enforcement officer" also includes any person who is employed by  
          the Department of Housing and Community Development who has  
          enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare  
          requirements pursuant to the Employee Housing Act; the State  
          Housing Law; the Mobilehomes-Manufactured Housing Act; the  
          Mobilehome Parks Act; and the Special Occupancy Parks Act.  

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill enumerated a separate Penal  
          Code section for the existing definition of a "code enforcement  
          officer."

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author, "There are a number of  
          pieces of federal legislation that contemplate giving federal  
          grants for local code enforcement functions.  Virtually every  
          jurisdiction performs code enforcement functions; however, many  
          jurisdictions lack a definition of code enforcement functions.   
          As a consequence, those jurisdictions are disadvantaged in the  








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          effort to obtain federal funding for code enforcement purposes.   
          AB 1532 establishes a free-standing definition for code  
          enforcement officers that can be used by any local jurisdiction  
          in their application for code enforcement funding."

          Please see the policy committee for a full discussion of this  
          bill.
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole J. Hanson / PUB. S. / (916)  
          319-3744 

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