BILL NUMBER: AB 1282	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 5004 of the Penal Code, relating to
corrections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1282, as introduced, Fletcher. Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
   Existing law provides for the administration of the state
correctional system by the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation. Under existing law, the secretary of the department
and the legislative body of any county or city may enter into
agreements for mutual police aid and authorize employees of state
prisons and institutions to cooperate with county and city peace
officers in connection with any existing emergency, as specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5004 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   5004.  The  Director   Secretary of the
Department  of Corrections  and Rehabilitation  and the
legislative body of any county or city may enter into agreements for
mutual police aid. Pursuant to  such   those
 agreements the  director  secretary 
may authorize employees of state prisons and institutions to
cooperate, anywhere within the State, with county and city peace
officers in connection with any existing emergency. While so employed
the employees shall have all the benefits of  workmen's
  workers'  compensation laws, retirement laws, and
all other similar laws and for  such   those
 purposes shall be deemed to be performing services in the
course of their regular official duties.