BILL NUMBER: AB 2507	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Valadao

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 5004 of the Penal Code, relating to the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2507, as introduced, Valadao. Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, headed by the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation. Under existing law, the 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, 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   these
 agreements the  director  secretary 
may authorize employees of state prisons and institutions to
cooperate, anywhere within the  State   state
 , with county and city peace officers in connection with
 any   an  existing emergency. While so
employed the employees shall have all the benefits of workmen's
compensation laws, retirement laws, and all other similar laws and
for  such   these  purposes shall be deemed
to be performing services in the course of their regular official
duties.