Amended in Assembly June 5, 2014

Amended in Senate January 6, 2014

Amended in Senate April 4, 2013

Senate Bill No. 544

Introduced by Senator DeSaulnier

February 22, 2013

An act to begin insert amend Section 41512 of, and to end insert add begin delete Title 9 (commencing with Section 14060) to Part 4 of the Penal Code, end delete begin insert Section 41511.5 to, the Education Code, end insert relating to begin delete violence prevention. end delete begin insert school safety. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 544, as amended, DeSaulnier. begin delete Violence prevention. end delete begin insert School safety programs: funding. end insert

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Existing law provides for multiple violence prevention programs, including the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program; the California Community Crime Resistance Program; the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program; and the sexual assault felony enforcement (SAFE) team program.

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This bill would create the California Violence Prevention Authority within the State Department of Public Health. The authority would be given duties and responsibilities related to the prevention of violence, including, developing a statewide violence prevention plan and coordinating statewide violence prevention efforts. The duties and responsibilities of the authority would also include administering a violence prevention grant program with available funds, as specified. The bill would provide for an advisory committee, as specified, to assist the authority, and would also create the Violence Prevention Fund in the State Treasury.

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The School Safety Violence Protection Act establishes the School Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy Program, which is administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the purpose of providing grant funding and coordination of programs and strategies that promote school safety and emphasize violence prevention among children and youth in the public schools. Existing law establishes the school safety consolidated competitive grant, from which grant funds are distributed to school districts in order to carry out one or more purposes for which various specified school safety programs were established, including programs under the School Safety and Violence Prevention Strategy Program.

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Existing law authorizes a state agency to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and requires the department to issue specialized license plates for that program, if the state agency complies with specified requirements.

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This bill would require the State Department of begin delete Public Health end delete begin insert Education end insert to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of creating a specialized license plate program. The bill would require that the fees collected from the sale of the specialized license plates be deposited in the begin insert School end insert Violence Prevention Fund, begin insert which the bill would establish, end insert and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be begin delete available to further the purposes of the authority end delete begin insert allocated to the State Department of Education for purposes of carrying out those same school safety programs funded under the school safety consolidated competitive grant program, or as determined by the department for purposes of school violence prevention. The bill would authorize the Superintendent to consult with the Board of State and Community Corrections, the State Department of Social Services, and the State Department of Public Health on school violence prevention and intervention in order to carry out one or more of the purposes of those specified school safety programs end insert .

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This bill would specify that funding for the authority may be provided in the annual Budget Act, as specified, and the authority would not be operational until sufficient funding for the authority, from all sources, becomes available.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 41511.5 is added to the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert ,
to read: end insert

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begin insert 41511.5. end insert   

The State Department of Education shall apply to the
Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 5156 of the
Vehicle Code for the purpose of creating a specialized license
plate program. Notwithstanding Section 5157 of the Vehicle Code,
the fees collected from the sale of the specialized license plates
shall be deposited in the School Violence Prevention Fund, which
is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation
by the Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be allocated to
the State Department of Education in order to carry out one or
more of the purposes for which the programs listed in Section
41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing with Section 35294.10) of
Chapter 2 of Part 21 were established, as the statutes governing
those programs read on January 1, 2004, or as determined by the
State Department of Education for purposes of school violence
prevention. The State Department of Education shall comply with
all of the requirements of Article 8.6 (commencing with Section
5151) of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code that apply
to a state agency that sponsors a specialized license plate program.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 41512 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended to
read: end insert

41512.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The Superintendent begin delete of Public Instruction end delete shall work
in partnership with the Office of the Attorney General to ensure
proper and efficient distribution of grant funds to school districts
in order to carry out one or more of the purposes for which the
programs listed in Section 41511 and Article 10.4 (commencing
with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of Part 21 were established,
as the statutes governing those programs read on January 1, 2004.

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(b) The Superintendent may consult with the Board of State and
Community Corrections, the State Department of Social Services,
and the State Department of Public Health on school violence
prevention and intervention in order to carry out one or more of
the purposes for which the programs listed in Section 41511 and
Article 10.4 (commencing with Section 35294.10) of Chapter 2 of
Part 21 were established, as the statutes governing those programs
read on January 1, 2004.

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SECTION 1.  

Title 9 (commencing with Section 14060) is added
to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:

 

Title 9.  California Violence Prevention Act

 

14060.  

This title shall be known and may be cited as the
California Violence Prevention Act of 2013.

14062.  

(a) The California Violence Prevention Authority is
hereby created within the State Department of Public Health.

(b) The duties and responsibilities of the authority shall include,
but are not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Developing a statewide, violence prevention plan that
includes multidisciplinary approaches, including criminal justice
and public health approaches, to violence prevention in families,
schools, and communities.

(2) Coordinating statewide violence prevention efforts.

(3) Seeking, receiving, and administering grants and funds from
public and private sources for violence prevention efforts and
programs.

(4) Distributing the grants and funds obtained for violence
prevention efforts and programs, pursuant to rules adopted by the
authority and subject to appropriation, to local and statewide
organizations, initiatives, and programs that address violence
prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner, including,
but not limited to, the following:

(A) Community based youth violence prevention programs,
including mentoring programs, after school programs, and job
training and development programs.

(B) Early childhood intervention programs designed to prevent
violence and identify and serve at-risk children and families.

(C) Family violence and sexual assault prevention initiatives.

(D) Programs that integrate violence prevention services with
alcohol and substance abuse prevention services.

(E) Programs that integrate violence prevention services with
providing health care services.

(5) Providing training and technical assistance to help build the
capacity of organizations, communities, and local government to
develop, implement, and evaluate violence prevention programs.

14064.  

(a) The authority shall have an advisory board which
shall meet periodically to carry out the purposes of this title and
to execute the duties and responsibilities identified in Section
14062.

(b) The advisory board shall include, and be chaired by, the
Attorney General, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and
the State Public Health Officer.

(c) The advisory board shall also include the following:

(1) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, or
his or her designee, and one additional representative of the
California Health and Human Services Agency, to be selected by
the Secretary of California Health and Human Services.

(2) The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, or his
or her designee.

(3) The Director of Social Services, or his or her designee.

(4) The Director of the California Department of Aging, or his
or her designee.

(5) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.

(6) Six public members, each representing a health, criminal
justice, or civic association or organization working in the area of
violence prevention, or an advocate for victims including domestic
violence or sexual assault victims. Three of the public members
shall be appointed by the Attorney General and three of the public
members shall be appointed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Each public member shall be appointed for a term of
three years, and may be reappointed.

14066.  

The Violence Prevention Fund is hereby created in the
State Treasury. Funds received from private, state, or federal
sources for violence prevention purposes may be deposited into
the fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, these funds shall
be used by the California Violence Prevention Authority to carry
out the purposes of this title.

14068.  

The State Department of Public Health shall apply to
the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 5156 of the
Vehicle Code for the purpose of creating a specialized license plate
program. The fees collected from the sale of the specialized license
plates shall be deposited in the Violence Prevention Fund, and
upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be used to carry out
the purposes of this title. The department shall comply with all of
the requirements of Article 8.6 (commencing with Section 5151)
of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code that apply to a state
agency that sponsors a specialized license plate program.

SEC. 2.  

Funding to implement the purposes, objectives, and
operations of the California Violence Prevention Authority may
be provided from an amount appropriated to the State Department
of Public Health for that purpose in the annual Budget Act. The
California Violence Prevention Authority shall not be operational
until the State Department of Public Health determines that
sufficient funding for the authority, from any source, including,
but not limited to, an appropriation to the State Department of
Public Health for that purpose in the annual Budget Act or revenue
generated by the sale of a specialized license plate created pursuant
to Section 14068 of the Penal Code, has become available.

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