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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           1066 (Oropeza)
          
          Hearing Date:  05/27/2010           Amended: 05/24/2010
          Consultant:  Jacqueline Wong-HernandezPolicy Vote: Public Safety  
          7-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 1066 requires the Department of Corrections and  
          Rehabilitation (CDCR) to oversee and conduct periodic and random  
          searches of all employees and vendors entering state prisons  
          under the jurisdiction of the CDCR for contraband, as specified.  
          This bill requires CDCR, in consultation with the Inspector  
          General, to provide a written report to the Legislature  
          quarterly regarding the results of the searches, as specified.  
          This bill also requires the Office of the Inspector General  
          (OIG) to oversee at least one search per year for each adult  
          institution by CDCR and to ensure the integrity of the process  
          and of the searches, and the accuracy of the reports submitted.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

          Major Provisions         2010-11      2011-12       2012-13     Fund
           OIG oversight             $26        $52                   $52    
                    General

          CDCR quarterly reports               $12                  $20     
                         $20             General
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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.

          This bill requires CDCR to conduct monthly contraband searches,  
          codifying current department practice. This bill requires the  
          Inspector General to supervise, at a minimum, CDCR's searches of  
          one staff shift per year at each adult institution. CDCR shall  
          notify the OIG at least 5 working days before a search. The  
          Inspector General can choose which searches to supervise, within  
          the specifications of the bill.

          This bill requires quarterly reports to the Legislature which,  
          while not requiring complex analysis of findings, require  










          meticulous data gathering during the searches. An employee will  
          have to be tasked with gathering this data at each search at  
          every facility, which will likely take one work shift or a  
          designated employee for each search. Then, the data from nearly  
          100 searches (over three months) would be compiled, commented  
          on, and reported.  The data collection required by this bill is  
          largely consistent with the data CDCR already collects during  
          these searches, and currently completes within existing  
          resources. There will likely be some additional workload related  
          to reporting, which is reflected above.