BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  SB 1578
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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                SB 1578 (Committee on Governmental Organization) - As 
                            Introduced:  March 20, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental 
          Organization Vote:                            17 - 0 
                        Public Safety                           6 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes minor clarifying changes to outdated provisions 
          of law relating to the State Treasurer's Office (STO) in order 
          to modernize its business practices.  Primarily, this bill 
          eliminates the provision of law which grants STO guards and 
          messengers limited peace officer status.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation. 


           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . This bill is intended as a noncontroversial, technical 
          cleanup bill for code sections pertaining to the STO.  The bill 
          deletes portions of three separate Government Code provisions 
          and a corresponding Penal Code provision which are obsolete and 
          impact the STO.  These existing provisions of law are not 
          consistent with current STO business practice and necessitate 
          deletion to avoid any conflicts that could arise if STO staff 
          followed the letter of the law.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081 












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