BILL NUMBER: AB 2016	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Morrell

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act relating to local jails.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2016, as introduced, Morrell. Local jails: electronic
monitoring.
   Under existing law, misdemeanors and some felonies are punishable
by imprisonment in local jail facilities. Existing law provides for
the use of electronic monitoring of a person either postrelease or as
an alternative to incarceration in some circumstances.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would provide local safety officials with greater
flexibility and tools to manage local jail populations through
electronic monitoring.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would provide local safety officials with greater
flexibility and tools to manage local jail populations through
electronic monitoring.