Amended in Senate June 9, 2014

Amended in Assembly May 15, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 739

Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

February 21, 2013

An act to add Section 27513 to the Government Code, relating to local officers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 739, as amended, Salas. Coroners.

Existing law generally sets forth the duties of a coroner. Existing law specifically requires a coroner to hold an inquest under certain circumstances and authorizes a coroner holding an inquest to, among other things, issue subpoenas.

This bill would, for purposes relating to the duty of a coroner to hold an inquest, provide that a coroner’s appointed deputy or authorized deputy shall include a deputy coroner or part-time or volunteer personnel of the coroner’s office, as specified.

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 27513 is added to the Government Code,
to read:

27513.  

For purposes of this article only, a coroner’s appointed
deputy or authorized deputy shall include begin insert all of end insert the following:

(a) Any deputy coroner who is regularly employed and paid in
that capacity.

(b) Any part-time or volunteer personnel of the coroner’s office
who begin delete meets end delete begin insert meet end insert the same background, training, and certification
requirements established by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training for regularly employed deputy coroners.
begin insert The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall
not reimburse any individual agency for training or certification
of any part-time or volunteer personnel. end insert