SB 326, as introduced, Beall. Sex offenders.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person who is required to register as a sex offender to come into any school building or upon any school ground without lawful business and written permission from the chief administrative official of the school.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 626.81 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
(a) begin delete Any end deletebegin insertA end insertperson who is required to register as a sex
4offender pursuant to Section 290, who comes into any school
5building or upon any school ground without lawful business
6thereon and written permission from the chief administrative
7official of that school, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
8(b) Punishment forbegin insert aend insert violation of this section shall be as follows:
9(1) Upon a first conviction by a fine of not exceeding five
10hundred dollars ($500), by imprisonment in a county jail for a
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period of not more than six months, or by both the fine and
2imprisonment.
3(2) If the defendant has been previously convicted once of a
4violation of this section, by imprisonment in a county jail for a
5period of not less than 10 days or more than six months, or by both
6imprisonment and a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars
7($500), and shall not be released on probation, parole, or any other
8basis until he or she has served not less than 10 days.
9(3) If the defendant has been previously convicted two or more
10times of a violation of this section, by imprisonment in a county
11jail for a period of not less than 90 days or more than six months,
12or by both imprisonment and a fine of not exceeding five hundred
13dollars ($500), and shall not be released on probation, parole, or
14any other basis until he or she has served not less than 90 days.
15(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude or prohibit prosecution
16under any other
provision of law.
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