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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                          SB 1389  (Murray)
          
          Hearing Date:5/15/00            Amended:3/2/00         
          Consultant: Lisa Matocq         Policy Vote:Pub Saf 4-1 
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          BILL SUMMARY:   SB 1389, an urgency bill, requires, until  
          January 1, 2006, (1) state and local law enforcement  
          officers to collect information regarding traffic stops,  
          (2) law enforcement agencies to report such information to  
          the CHP, and (3) the CHP to report to the Legislature.

                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
           Major Provisions                 2000-01           2001-02              
           2002-03               Fund  
          
          CHP                       Unknown, probably at least $450 the         
               Special*                  
                                    first year, and $200 annually in sub-
                                    sequent years - see comments below          
                 
          Local law enforcement       Unknown increased mandated, probably      
            Local
                                                     nonreimbursable costs 
          *Motor Vehicle Account                  
          
          STAFF COMMENTS:   This bill meets the criteria to be placed  
          on the Suspense File.  Under current law, Department of  
          Justice (DOJ) is required to publish an annual report that  
          contains statistics including, but not limited to, the  
          number and types of offenses committed, personal/social  
          characteristics of criminals, and number of complaints  
          received by citizens.  This bill requires the  
          collection/reporting of specified information related to  
          traffic stops including, but not limited to:  the number of  
          individuals stoppe, whether or not a citation was issued,  
          race or ethnicity, reason for the stop, and whether any  
          contraband, weapons, or other items were discovered during  
          the search. 

          There are about 10 million traffic stops made annually.   
          CHP staff estimate unknown increased costs, potentially  
          $250,000 one-time for computer upgrades, and $200,000  
          annually for data entry.  STAFF NOTES that while the bill  










          provides that CHP shall perform the requirements of this  
          bill within existing budgetary resources, presumably the  
          costs would result in funds being shifted from other  
          programs or services.   This estimate does not include  
          officer time involved in collecting the required  
          information.  There are also unknown, potentially  
          significant, increased mandated, probably nonreimbursable,  
          costs to local law enforcement agencies for data collection  
          and reporting.  

          SB 78 (Murray) of 1999 and AB 1264 (Murray) of 1998 were  
          similar to this bill and were vetoed by the Governor.  In  
          his 1999 veto message, the Governor stated that many local  
          law enforcement agencies had announced voluntary efforts to  
          gather the type of information required by this bill and  
          that he was directing the CHP to do the same beginning  
          January 1, 2000.