BILL ANALYSIS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Senator Mark Leno, Chair S
2009-2010 Regular Session B
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SB 1277 (Florez) 7
As Amended April 13, 2010
Hearing date: April 20, 2010
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ANIMAL ABUSE REGISTRY:
INTERNET PUBLICATION
HISTORY
Source: Animal Legal Defense Fund; Social Compassion in
Legislation
Prior Legislation: Not applicable
Support: Born Free USA; In Defense of Animals; League of Human
Voters California Chapter; Fix Nation; Ashley & Hobie
Animal Welfare, Inc.; Compassion for Animals;
ACI-Animal Cruelty Investigations; Take Me Home;
YogaFit; Friends of Auburn/Tahoe Vista Placer County
Animal Shelter; the STAND Foundation; Central Coast
Border Collie Rescue; KM Veterinary Services
Opposition:California Law Enforcement Association of Records
Supervisors; ACLU; Irish Terrier Club; Pet Food
Institute; California Federation of Dog Clubs; Irish
Wolfhound Club of America, Inc.; California Retailer
Association; California Manufacturers And Technology
Association; California Grocers Association; California
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Independent Grocers Association; Sacramento Council of
Dog Clubs, Inc.; Sacramento Sierra Norwegian Elkhound
Club, Inc.; PetPAC; Pet Industry Joint Advisory
Council; Bull Terrier Club of America; California
Outdoor Heritage Alliance; American Dog Breeders
Association, Inc.; California Outdoor Heritage
Alliance; California Grain & Feed Association;
California Seed Association; Pacific Egg & Poultry
Association; California Bean Shippers Association;
California Association of Wheat Growers; Pacific Coast
Renderers Association; California Pear Growers
Association; California Farm Bureau Federation;
California Warehouse Association; California State
Floral Association; Grocery Manufacturers of America;
The English Shepherd Club; California Responsible Pet
Owners Coalition; Taxpayers for Improving Public
Safety; San Lorenzo Dog Training Club, Inc.; Feline
Friends International; The Pet Care Foundation;
United Schutzhund Clubs of America; Concerned Dog
Owners of America; a number of individuals
KEY ISSUES
SHOULD A REGISTRY BE CREATED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) FOR
PERSONS CONVICTED OF SPECIFIED FELONY ANIMAL ABUSE OFFENSES?
SHOULD THE INFORMATION ON THE REGISTRY BE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET?
SHOULD THE REGISTERY BE PAID FOR BY INCREASED PENALTIES ON SPECIFIED
MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY ANIMAL ABUSE OFFENSES?
PURPOSE
The purpose of this bill is to have the DOJ create a registry
for people convicted of specified animal abuse offenses.
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Existing law states, except as otherwise provided, every person
who maliciously and intentionally maims, mutilates, tortures or
wounds a living animal, or maliciously and intentionally kills
an animal, is guilty of an offense punishable as a wobbler
(Penal Code 597(a))
Existing law states that any person who overdrives, overloads,
drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives
of necessary sustenance, drink or shelter, any animal, and
whoever, having the charge or custody of the animal either as
owner or otherwise, subjects any animal to needless suffering,
or inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon the animal, or in any
manner abuses the animal or uses the animal when unfit for labor
is, for every such offense, guilty of a wobbler. (Penal Code
597 (b).)
Existing law states every person who maliciously and
intentionally maims, mutilates, or tortures any mammal, bird,
reptile, amphibian or fish is guilty of a wobbler. (Penal Code
597 (c))
Existing law provides that any person who causes any animal, not
including a dog, to fight with another animal, or permits the
same to be done on any property under his or her control, or
aids or abets the fighting of any animal is guilty of a
misdemeanor, (Penal Code 597b(a).)
Existing law provides that any person who causes a cock to fight
with another cock, or permits the same to be done on any
property under his or her control, and any person who aid or
abets the fighting of any cock or is present as a spectator is
guilty of a misdemeanor, (Penal Code 597b(b).)
Existing law provides that a second or subsequent offense of
Penal Code Section 975b is a wobbler.
Existing law provides that any person that does any of the
following is guilty of a felony:
Owns, possesses, keeps, or trains any dog, with the
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intent that the dog shall be engaged in an exhibition of
fighting with another dog.
For amusement or gain, causes any dog to fight with
another dog, or causes any dogs to injure each other.
Permits any of the above acts to be done on any premises
(Penal Code 597.5(a).)
Existing law states that any person that is knowingly present,
as a spectator, at any place, building, or tenement where
preparations are being made for an exhibition of the fighting of
dogs, with the intent to be present at those preparations, or is
knowingly present at the exhibition, fighting or injuring with
the intent to be present at the exhibition, fighting, or
injuring is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Penal Code 597.5 (b).)
Existing law provides that any person who willfully and
maliciously and with no legal justification strikes, beats,
kicks, cuts, stabs, shoots with a firearm, administers any
poison or other harmful or stupefying substance to, or throws,
hurls, or projects at, or places any rock, object, or other
substance which is used in such a manner as to be capable of
producing injury and likely to produce injury on or in the path
of any horse being used by, or any dog under supervision of, any
peace officer is guilty of a misdemeanor if injury is inflicted
and a felony if serious injury is inflicted. (Penal Code 600
(a).)
Existing law provides that any person who willfully and
maliciously and with no legal justification interferes with or
obstructs any horse or dog being used by any peace officer in
the discharge or attempted discharge of his or her duties by
frightening, teasing, agitating, harassing, or hindering the
horse or dog is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Penal Code 600(b).)
Existing law provides that any person who with the intent to
inflict such injury or death, personally causes the death,
destruction, or serious physical injury the dog or horse shall
upon conviction of a felony also have an additional enhancement
of one year. (Penal Code 600(c).)
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Existing law provides that if a person while in violation Penal
Code Section 600 causes great bodily injury to a person they are
subject to a two year enhancement. (Penal Code 600(d).)
This bill provides that every person over 18 years of age
residing in or while located in California who has been
convicted of animal abuse shall be required to register for ten
years within 10 days of coming into this state or changing his
or her residence or location within the state as follows:
Register with the chief of police of the city where the
person is residing, or if the person has no residence where
the person is located;
Register with the sheriff of the county where the person
is residing, or if the person has no residence, where the
person is located in an unincorporated area or city that
has no police department.
In addition to the above, register with the chief of
police of a campus of the University of California, the
California State University of the California Community
Colleges where the person is residing, or if the person has
no residence, where the person is located upon the campus
or any of its facilities.
This bill defines "animal abuse" as a felony conviction of Penal
Code sections 597, 597b, 597.5, or 600, or a felony conviction
for an attempt to commit one of those offenses, or a felony
conviction for a comparable offense in another state.
This bill provides that any person required to register who is
discharged or paroled from a jail, prison, school, road, camp or
other penal institution or from the Division of Juvenile Justice
where he or she was confined because of the commission of animal
abuse, shall, prior to the discharge, parole, or release, be
informed of his or her duty to register under this section by
the official in charge of the place of confinement. The place
from which he or she is being released shall have him or her
sign a copy of a DOJ form explaining the duty to register and
obtain the address where he or she plans to live. The place of
confinement shall notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the
address along with a copy of the form and send a copy of the
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form within 45 days to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
All forms shall be transmitted so they can be received by local
law enforcement agency 30 days prior to the discharge, parole or
release of the person.
This bill provides that the registration should be for a period
of ten years.
This bill provides that any person who is required to register
who is released on probation or discharged upon payment of a
fine shall, prior to the release or discharge, be informed of
his or her duty to register by the probation department of the
county in which he or she has been convicted. The probation
officer shall have the person sign the DOJ form and obtain the
address where he or she will reside and forward both to the DOJ
within three days.
This bill provides that the registration shall consist of all
the following information:
A statement of in writing signed by the person giving
all of the following information:
o Date of birth.
o The current address or location of the person.
o Name and address of the employer.
o Animal abuse offense for which the person was
convicted.
o The date and place of the animal abuse offense
conviction of the person.
o Any other information as may be required by
the Department of Justice.
The complete set of fingerprints and a photograph of the
person
A description of any tattoos, scars, or other
distinguishing features on the person's body that would
assist in identifying the person.
This bill provides that within three days after registration,
the registering law enforcement agency shall electronically
forward the statement, fingerprints, and photograph to the
Department of Justice.
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This bill provides that if any person required to register
changes his or her residence address, he or she shall inform, in
writing within 10 days, the law enforcement agency with home he
or she last registered of his or her new address. The law
enforcement agency shall, within three days after receipt of the
information electronically forward it to the DOJ. The DOJ shall
forward appropriate registration data to the law enforcement
agency having local jurisdiction of the new place of residence.
This bill provides that any person required to register who
violates any of the provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This bill provides that any person who has been convicted of
animal abuses who is required to register who willfully violates
any of the provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
sentenced to serve a term of no less than 90 days nor more than
one year in county jail. In no event does the court have the
power to absolve a person who willfully violates this section
from the obligation of spending at least 90 days of confinement
in a county and jail and completing probation of at least one
year.
This bill provides that whenever a person is released on parole
or probation is required to register under this section but
fails to do so within the time prescribed, the Board of Parole
Hearings or the court shall order the parole or probation of
that person revoked.
This bill provides that certain information required by this
section shall be open to inspection by the public through the
use of the Internet Web site maintained by the DOJ or by
telephone or upon written request where practicable.
This bill provides that in any case in which a person who would
be required to register is to be temporarily sent outside the
institution where he or she is confined on any assignment within
the city or county, the local law enforcement agency having
jurisdiction over the place where that assignment shall occur
shall be notified within a reasonable time prior to removal from
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the institution.
This bill provides that a person can be released from a duty to
register if he or she obtains a certificate of rehabilitation
and that person shall be removed from the website.
This bill provides that on or before January 1, 2012 DOJ shall
make available to the public via a website information
concerning persons required to register for abuse of an animal.
The website shall include the following information:
The person's name, and known aliases.
The persons photograph.
A physical description including gender and race.
Date of birth.
Criminal history.
Address.
The year of conviction of his or her most recent offense
animal abuse offense requiring registration.
The year he or she was released from incarceration for
that offense.
Whether he or she was subsequently incarcerated for any
other felony, if that fact is reported to the department.
Year of conviction shall only be included if the DOJ can
also include year of release from incarceration.
This bill provides that the name and address of the person's
employer and criminal history other than the animal abuse shall
not be listed on the website.
This bill provides that the website shall be translated into
other languages.
This bill provides that any state facility that releases from
incarceration a person who is required to register shall submit
to within 30 days of release, the release date to DOJ whether it
was for the registerable offense or for a subsequent felony.
This bill provides that the DOJ shall make a reasonable effort
to provide notification to persons who have been convicted of
the commission of an offense specified that on or before January
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1, 2012 that DOJ is required to make information about offenders
available to the public via the website.
This bill provides that a designated law enforcement entity may
make available information concerning persons who are required
to register via a website if it determines that the public
disclosure of the information about a specific offender by way
of the entity's website is necessary to ensure the public safety
based upon information available to the entity concerning that
specific offender.
This bill provides that DOJ shall also make information that is
available on the website also available by telephone and upon
written request.
This bill provides that any person who uses information
disclosed pursuant to the website to commit a misdemeanor shall
be subject in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed, a
fine of not less than $10,000 and not more than $50,000.
This bill provides that any person who uses information
disclosed pursuant to this section to commit a felony shall be
punished, addition and consecutive to any other punishment, by a
five-year term of imprisonment in state prison.
This bill provides that any person who is required to register
who enters a website established pursuant to this section shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 and/or imprisonment
for up to 6 months.
This bill provides that a person is authorized to use the
information disclosed only to protect and animal at risk.
This bill provides that except as authorized use of any
information that is disclosed for purposes relating to any of
the following is prohibited:
Health Insurance.
Insurance.
Loans.
Credit.
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Employment.
Education, scholarships, or fellowships.
Housing or accommodations.
Benefits, privileges, or services provided by any
business establishment.
This bill provides that any use of information disclosed for
purposes other than those permitted shall make the user liable
fro the actual damages, and any amount that may be determined by
a jury or a court sitting without a jury, not exceeding three
times the amount of actual damage, and not less than $250, and
attorney's fees, exemplary damages, or a civil penalty not
exceeding $25,000.
This bill provides that whenever there is reasonable cause to
believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a
pattern or practice of misuse of any information available via
website, the Attorney General, any district attorney, or city
attorney, or any person aggrieved by the misuse is authorized to
bring a civil action in the appropriate court requesting
preventative relief, including an application for a permanent or
temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order against
the person or group of persons responsible for the pattern or
practice of misuse is authorized to bring a civil action in the
appropriate court requesting preventative relief, including an
application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining
order, or other order against the person or group of persons
responsible for the pattern and practice of misuse.
This bill provides that the public notification provisions of
this section are applicable to every person described without
regard to when his or her crimes were committed or his or her
duty to register arose, and to every offense described
regardless of when it was committed.
This bill provides that a designated law enforcement entity and
its employees shall be immune from liability for good faith
conduct.
This bill provides that the Attorney General, in collaboration
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with local law enforcement and others knowledgeable about animal
abuse offenders, shall develop strategies to assist members of
the public in understanding and using publicly available
information about registered animal abuse offenders to further
public safety.
This bill provides that any person convicted of Penal Code
Sections 597, 597b, 597.5, or 600 shall in addition to any other
penalty or fine imposed, be subject to a fine of $200 for each
misdemeanor conviction and a fine of $500 for each felony
conviction.
RECEIVERSHIP/OVERCROWDING CRISIS AGGRAVATION IMPLICATIONS
The severe prison overcrowding problem California has
experienced for the last several years has not been solved. In
December of 2006 plaintiffs in two federal lawsuits against the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sought a
court-ordered limit on the prison population pursuant to the
federal Prison Litigation Reform Act. On January 12, 2010, a
federal three-judge panel issued an order requiring the state to
reduce its inmate population to 137.5 percent of design capacity
-- a reduction of roughly 40,000 inmates -- within two years.
In a prior, related 184-page Opinion and Order dated August 4,
2009, that court stated in part:
"California's correctional system is in a tailspin,"
the state's independent oversight agency has reported.
. . . (Jan. 2007 Little Hoover Commission Report,
"Solving California's Corrections Crisis: Time Is
Running Out"). Tough-on-crime politics have increased
the population of California's prisons dramatically
while making necessary reforms impossible. . . . As a
result, the state's prisons have become places "of
extreme peril to the safety of persons" they house, .
. . (Governor Schwarzenegger's Oct. 4, 2006 Prison
Overcrowding State of Emergency Declaration), while
contributing little to the safety of California's
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residents, . . . . California "spends more on
corrections than most countries in the world," but the
state "reaps fewer public safety benefits." . . . .
Although California's existing prison system serves
neither the public nor the inmates well, the state has
for years been unable or unwilling to implement the
reforms necessary to reverse its continuing
deterioration. (Some citations omitted.)
. . .
The massive 750% increase in the California prison
population since the mid-1970s is the result of
political decisions made over three decades, including
the shift to inflexible determinate sentencing and the
passage of harsh mandatory minimum and three-strikes
laws, as well as the state's counterproductive parole
system. Unfortunately, as California's prison
population has grown, California's political
decision-makers have failed to provide the resources
and facilities required to meet the additional need
for space and for other necessities of prison
existence. Likewise, although state-appointed experts
have repeatedly provided numerous methods by which the
state could safely reduce its prison population, their
recommendations have been ignored, underfunded, or
postponed indefinitely. The convergence of
tough-on-crime policies and an unwillingness to expend
the necessary funds to support the population growth
has brought California's prisons to the breaking
point. The state of emergency declared by Governor
Schwarzenegger almost three years ago continues to
this day, California's prisons remain severely
overcrowded, and inmates in the California prison
system continue to languish without constitutionally
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adequate medical and mental health care.<1>
The court stayed implementation of its January 12, 2010 ruling
pending the state's appeal of the decision to the U.S. Supreme
Court. That appeal, and the final outcome of this litigation,
is not anticipated until later this year or 2011.
This bill does appear to aggravate the prison overcrowding
crisis described above.
COMMENTS
1. Need for This Bill
According to the author:
Our communities have good reason to be concerned about
the whereabouts of animal abusers, including the high
rate of recidivism among animal hoarders, the various
dangers to a community that are associated with animal
fighting, and the well-established link between violence
towards animals and violence towards humans.
Mandatory registration for convicted animal abusers
would aid dramatically in keeping offenders away from
potential new victims by alerting law enforcement and
the public to their whereabouts, and by allowing animal
shelters to thoroughly screen potential adopters for
criminal offenders.
Problems posed by repeat offenders:
Animal hoarders, who are frequently
responsible for causing hundreds of animals to suffer
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<1> Three Judge Court Opinion and Order, Coleman v.
Schwarzenegger, Plata v. Schwarzenegger, in the United States
District Courts for the Eastern District of California and the
Northern District of California United States District Court
composed of three judges pursuant to Section 2284, Title 28
United States Code (August 4, 2009).
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for many years, exhibit recidivism rates of nearly 100%.
Decades ago, the FBI recognized that many
serial killers started out abusing and killing animals
as children. Serial killers from the Boston Strangler to
Jeffrey Dahmer started out by torturing animals.
Ongoing animal abuse and even torture are
often the terrifying reality in homes plagued by
domestic violence.
Criminals convicted of involvement in
dogfighting and cockfighting are usually involved in
other dangerous criminal activity, like drugs and
gambling, in their communities, and they will often go
on to abuse more animals in fighting rings following
convictions.
There is a high correlation between sexual
abuse of animals and sexual abuse of children. A 2002
study found that 96% of juveniles who had sexually
abused animals also admitted to sex offenses against
humans.
2. Registry for Animal Abusers
This bill creates within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a
public registry for people convicted of specified felony animal
abuse crimes. The crimes for which a person will be required to
register are killing, maiming or abusing animals; worrying or
causing an animal to fight; dog fighting and harming,
interfering with or obstructing a police horse or dog. A person
must register with local law enforcement within 10 days of
moving into or within the state for a period of 10 years. The
bill requires the DOJ to make the registry information available
on a website as well as by phone and upon written request and
prohibits misuse. The bill sets up procedures for the place of
incarceration or the probation officer to notify the person of
their duty to register upon release. Failure to comply with the
registration requirements is a misdemeanor with a mandatory jail
sentence.
3. Reason for Registry
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According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund one of the sponsors,
this is an "essential crime-reducing and cost savings tool for
California." They assert that this bill will, among other
things:
Help reduce the risk of new animal victims at the hands
of repeat offenders. And owing to the strong coalition
between those who abuse animals and those who are violent
toward humans, it will help reduce the risk of human
victims as well.
Provide shelters and humane societies with a new method
to screen potential adoptees of homeless animals, ensuring
convicted abusers are not able to easily gain access to new
would be victims.
Save California counties, cities and towns money by
helping to reduce the number of repeat offenders by animal
abusers. A single case involving the care and
rehabilitation of abused animals can easily cost a
municipality tens of thousands of dollars.
Opponents ask whether registries really have an impact on
stopping crimes or whether they are more of a research tool for
law enforcement after a crime has been committed. A public
registry seems unnecessary as a law enforcement tool and perhaps
there is a more appropriate way to help law enforcement use the
information they already have access to?
DO REGISTRIES WORK TO STOP CRIME?
4. Retroactive but a Ten Year Limitation
This bill has language that will make it retroactive by
providing that the public notification provision are applicable
to every person without regard to when his or her crimes were
committed or his or her duty to register arose and to every
offense, regardless of when it was committed. However, as
amended it now limits the registration to ten years. Ten years
from when? When the person was convicted? Released? What
happens to a person whose crime is more than ten years old,
would they now have to register for ten years or are they
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exempt? Amendments should be taken to clarify the author's
intent.
WHEN DOES THE 10 YEAR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT COMMENCE?
5. Existing National Pet Abuse Registry
Many opponents point to the fact that a national pet registry on
people convicted of animal abuse exists at www.pet-abuse.com .
That website has a publicly accessible data base listing people
convicted of abuse by country, state, type of animal, type of
abuse and another of other factors. It also shows cases in
which there were just allegations, cases that were not charged,
acquittals and civil cases. The convictions listed for
California date back to the early 1990s. It appears that if
users set up a login they can get additional information about
abuse cases. The opponents argue that this existing database,
which costs California nothing, could serve the purpose of
helping humane societies and others screen potential adopters
for animal abuse. While a name based system is not the most
accurate way to tell whether or not a person is the person who
has been convicted of the crime, there is some other general
information, it goes back more than ten years and does not rely
on a person complying with the registration requirement.
DO HUMANE AGENCIES CURRENTLY USE THE EXISTING NATIONAL PET ABUSE
REGISTRY?
IS THE EXISTING REGISTRY SUFFICIENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
BILL?
6. Funding by additional fine
This bill places an additional fine of $200 on each misdemeanor
conviction and $500 on each felony conviction for the crimes for
which a person must register under this bill. The additional
money shall first to the DOJ for the creating, administering and
updating of the website and the rest may go to local spay and
neuter programs.
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Existing fines for the relevant code sections are as follows:
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Penal Code Section 597, killing, maiming or abusing
animals can be a felony or a misdemeanor with fines up to
$20,000 for either. Penalty assessments are approximately
280% so the actual amount a person must pay is up to
$76,000.<2> In addition the person is liable to the
impounding agency for costs from the time of impound until
the animal is seized upon conviction. If the person is
granted probation he or she must also attend and pay for
counseling.
Penal Code Section 597b-animal fights and worrying
animals-has a fine up to $5,000, $19,000 with penalty
assessments, if the person is convicted of a misdemeanor.
A second or subsequent conviction is a wobbler and the fine
can be up to $25,000, $95,000 including penalty
assessments.
Penal Code Section 597.5 dog fighting has a fine up to
$50,000, $190,000 with penalty assessment for the felony
and $5,000, $19,000 with penalty assessments, for the
misdemeanor spectator provision. Specified property
associated with the dog fighting incident may also be
forfeited
Penal Code Section .600 harming, interfering with or
obstructing a peace officer's horse or dog when a felony
has a $2,000 fine, $7,600 with penalty assessments, and
$1,000, $3,800 with penalty assessments, when a
misdemeanor.
In addition to the above fines there are always court costs,
probation costs and restitution.
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<2> Until the budget year 2002-2003, there was 170% in penalty
assessments applied to every fine, the current penalty
assessments are approximately 270%. (See Penal Code 1464;
Penal Code 1465.7; Penal Code 1465.8 Government Code
70372; Government Code 7600.5 Government Code 76000 et seq;
Government Code 76104.6)
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The fines in this bill do not appear to be on top of the base
fine but are intended to be an additional fee, thus the penalty
assessments would likely not be added to these fines. In
general, criminal fines are often hard to collect and have not
been found to be a reliable source of funding. These offenses
have very high fines under existing law. Are the fees in this
bill intended to take a priority over these fines? Over
restitution? A defendant, especially one who goes to jail or
prison or who loses property in forfeiture has a limited amount
of money they will be able to pay in a fine. Will the
imposition of these funds mean that the base fine and thus
penalty assessments will be lowered to take into consideration
the appropriate amount the court thinks the defendant should or
can pay? If the base fine and thus penalty assessments are
lowered, those that currently rely on funding from these sources
will get less, is this appropriate? Will enough of the
additional fines in this bill ever be collected to fund this new
registry at the DOJ?
WITH THE EXISTING HIGH FINES FOR THESE CODE SECTIONS, WILL THE
ADDITIONAL FINES IN THIS BILL EVER REALLY FUND THIS REGISTRY?
7. ROCA issues
This bill contains the following provisions that violate this
Committee's ROCA policy:
This bill provides that a person who is on parole who
fails to register, shall have their parole revoked, thereby
adding to the prison overcrowding crisis. (Page 6, lines
28-32)
This bill provides that any person who uses information
disclosed in the pet registry to commit a felony shall be
sentenced to an additional consecutive five years in
prison. (Page 9, lines 24-27)
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