BILL NUMBER: SB 387	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator La Malfa

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to amend Section 800 of the Penal Code, relating to statute
of limitations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 387, as introduced, La Malfa. Statute of limitations: felony
hit and run.
   Existing law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an
accident resulting in injury to another person or death to stop the
vehicle at the scene of the accident and provide certain information
to a traffic or police officer, as specified. A violation of this
provision involving an accident that results in death or serious
injury is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 3, or
4 years, or in a county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than
one year, or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than
$10,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law
generally requires the prosecution of an offense punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison to commence within 3 years.
   This bill would require the prosecution of an offense described
above to commence within 6 years.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 800 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   800.   (a)    Except as provided in Section 799,
prosecution for an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state
prison for eight years or more shall be commenced within six years
after commission of the offense. 
   (b) Prosecution for an offense punishable pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (b) of Section 20001 of the Vehicle Code shall be
commenced within six years after commission of the offense.