BILL NUMBER: AB 2290	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bradford

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 3000.03 of the Penal Code, relating to
parole.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2290, as introduced, Bradford. CDCR: inmates: summary parole.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall not return to prison, place a parole hold on, or
report any parole violation to the Board of Parole Hearings
regarding any person to whom all of specified criteria apply.
   This bill would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, at least 60 days prior to the release of such a
person, to notify the local law enforcement agency of the
jurisdiction to which the person is to be released regarding the
scheduled release.
   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 3000.03 of the Penal Code, as amended by
Section 48 of Chapter 28 of the Third Extraordinary Session of the
Statutes of 2009, is amended to read:
   3000.03.   (a)    Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
shall not return to prison, place a parole hold on pursuant to
Section 3056, or report any parole violation to the Board of Parole
Hearings regarding any person to whom all of the following criteria
apply: 
   (a) 
    (1)  The person is not required to register as a sex
offender pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 290) of
Title 9 of Part 1. 
   (b) 
    (2)  The person was not committed to prison for a
serious felony as defined in Sections 1192.7 and 1192.8, or a violent
felony, as defined in Section 667.5, and does not have a prior
conviction for a serious felony, as defined in Section 1192.7 and
1192.8, or a violent felony, as defined in Section 667.5. 
   (c) 
    (3)  The person was not committed to prison for a
sexually violent offense as defined in subdivision (b) of Section
6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and does not have a prior
conviction for a sexually violent offense as defined in subdivision
(b) of Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. 
   (d) 
    (4)  The person was not found guilty of a serious
disciplinary offense, as defined in regulation by the department,
during his or her current term of imprisonment. 
   (e) 
    (5)  The person is not a validated prison gang member or
associate, as defined in regulation by the department. 
   (f) 
    (6)  The person did not refuse to sign any written
notification of parole requirements or conditions, including, but not
limited to, the written notification of requirements pursuant to
Section 3067. 
   (g) 
    (7) The person was evaluated by the department using a
validated risk assessment tool and was not determined to pose a high
risk to reoffend. 
   (b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, not less
than 60 days prior to the release of an inmate described in
subdivision (a), shall notify the local law enforcement agency of the
jurisdiction to which the inmate is to be released regarding that
scheduled release.