BILL NUMBER: AB 2089	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 13897.1 of the Penal Code, relating to
crime victims.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2089, as introduced, Alejo. Crime victims' resource center.
   Existing law establishes a resource center that operates a
statewide, toll-free information service for crime victims and
providers of services to crime victims, and requires the resource
center to distribute information and educational materials on victims'
legal rights to specified agencies and organizations, including
administrative and law enforcement agencies.
   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 13897.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   13897.1.   (a)    There shall be established a
resource center which shall operate a statewide, toll-free
information service  ,  consisting of legal and
other information  ,  for crime victims and
providers of services to crime victims. The center shall provide
information and educational materials discussing victims' legal
rights. The center shall distribute these materials to administrative
agencies, law enforcement agencies, victim-service programs, local,
regional, and statewide education systems, appropriate human 
service   services  agencies, and political,
social, civic, and religious leaders and organizations. 
    As 
    (b)     As  used in this chapter,
"provider of services to crime victims" means any hospital, doctor,
attorney, local or statewide rape crisis center, domestic violence
center, child abuse counseling center, or victims' witness center
that seeks to assist crime victims in understanding and exercising
their legal rights, including those under Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section  13959)   13950) of Part 4 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.