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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 875 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
          As Amended  August 13, 2014
          Majority vote  

           SENATE VOTE  :   Vote not relevant

           BUDGET              16-10                                       
           
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          |Ayes:|Skinner, Bloom, Campos,   |
          |     |Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, |
          |     |Gordon,                   |
          |     |Jones-Sawyer, Mullin,     |
          |     |Muratsuchi, Nazarian,     |
          |     |Rodriguez, Stone, Ting,   |
          |     |Weber, Dababneh           |
          |     |                          |
          |-----+--------------------------|
          |Nays:|Gorell, Ch�vez, Grove,    |
          |     |Harkey, Mansoor,          |
          |     |Melendez, Allen,          |
          |     |Nestande, Patterson,      |
          |     |Wagner                    |
          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Makes various technical adjustments to the Public  
          Safety 2014 budget actions.  Specifically,  this bill  :   

          1)Authorizes the Board of Parole Hearings, upon request, to  
            notify a victim, or next of kin of a victim of any hearing to  
            review or consider the parole suitability or the setting of a  
            parole date for that prisoner using United States Postal  
            Services mail.  (Existing law requires any such notice be  
            given by telephone, certified mail, or electronic mail, using  
            the method of communication selected by the requesting party,  
            if that method is available.) 

          2)Requires the Board of Parole Hearings to send written notice  
            of a parole hearing to the judge of the superior court before  
            whom a prisoner was tried.  (Existing law requires the board  
            to send notice by certified mail.)

          3)Appropriates $5 million from the Recidivism Reduction Fund to  








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            the Board of State and Community Corrections for the  
            establishment of a social innovation financing program for  
            counties.

          4)Contains an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect  
            immediately upon enactment.


           FISCAL EFFECT  :  This bill does not result in any substantive  
          changes to the Budget Act or related budget actions.

           COMMENTS  :  This bill provides necessary statutory changes to  
          enact the 2014-15 budget.  


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Marvin Deon / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099 


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