BILL NUMBER: SB 1474	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
   (Coauthors: Senators DeSaulnier, Leno, and Pavley)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to the Attorney General.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1474, as introduced, Hancock. Attorney General.
   The California Constitution provides that the Attorney General is
the chief law enforcement officer of the state with the duty to see
that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced.
Existing law requires the Attorney General to prosecute and defend
all causes to which the state or state officers in their official
capacities are parties.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would enhance the ability of the Attorney General to
enforce state law.
   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 enhance the ability of the Attorney General to
enforce state law.