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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                   SB 1082 (Corbett) - As Amended:  August 6, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              
          JudiciaryVote:10-0 (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes several relatively minor modifications to the 
          Safe at Home program, which is administered by the Secretary of 
          State (SOS). Specifically, this bill:

          1)Requires that a program applicant be domiciled in California, 
            and allows the SOS to refuse to renew a program participant's 
            certification if the participant has abandoned his or her 
            domicile in this state.

          2)Permits a minor who reaches age 18 during his or her 
            enrollment in the program to renew as an adult following 
            procedures established by the SOS, and permits the SOS to 
            terminate a program certification if the participant has 
            reached age 18 during his or her certification term and has 
            not renewed the certification within 60 days. 

          3)Requires the SOS to provide notice of any intended termination 
            and provides a program participant 30 days in which to appeal 
            the intended termination under procedures established by the 
            SOS.

          4)Specifies that a Safe at Home program participant's records 
            must be held confidential for a period of three years, not 
            only after termination of certification, but also after 
            withdrawal of certification.

          5)Requires a program applicant to provide the names and last 
            known addresses of the applicant's minor children, along with 
            the children's other parent, as well as all court orders 
            related to the minor children, and requires the SOS to notify 








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            the other parent of the new address for service, unless there 
            is a court order prohibiting contact.

          6)Provides that the SOS may, in its discretion, refuse to handle 
            or forward packages regardless of size or type of mailing.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor absorbable costs to the SOS to implement the Safe at Home 
          program modifications.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . The Secretary of State (SOS), who is sponsoring this 
          bill, indicates that since its enactment in 1999 and subsequent 
          expansions, the Safe at Home address confidentiality program has 
          helped protect the identities of nearly 6,260 survivors of 
          domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault, as well as 
          reproductive health care doctors, nurses, volunteers, and 
          patients. According to the author, "Senate Bill 1082 clarifies 
          inconsistencies in the law and makes Safe at Home (SAH) services 
          more efficient and more effective. . . .  While the SAH program 
          services thousands of survivors, several clarifications are 
          needed to allow the program to be run effectively.  For example, 
          existing law requires adults to apply to the SAH program through 
          a community-based enrollment agency, and it does not 
          specifically provide for the case of a minor turning 18 years 
          old and wishing to continue in the program.  Existing law also 
          prevents SAH staff from forwarding packages, regardless of size 
          or type of mailing.  The lack of definition for a package is 
          frustrating for staff and burdensome for program participants 
          who may wish to have large mail-service legal documents or bank 
          checks forwarded."

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081