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1À.\\J Legislative Bill Action ............................................................... emergency r!!sponse situations. Currently, exising law Currently, th~ state's reimbursement payments provides that any person who is under the influence of for boo,'ing fees reflect cities' 1997-98 costs. an alcoholic bevel'£qe or any drug, whose negligent However, some cities now pay higher booking fees operation of a motor vehicle, a boat or vessel, or a civil while othel cities pay nothing, and state fiscal relief aircraft, causes any incident resulting in an appropriate to cities that pay booking fees should be tied to the emergency response, that person is liable for the cities' actual costs. S8 1808 recalibrates the basis expense of an emergency response by a public agency for reimbursement to reflect the 2002-03 booking to the incident. fees. Staff: Dwight Stenbakken; Status: SenApps; Position: Support. S8 1698 defines "emergency response" to mean either of the following: 1) an enforcement stop by a law SB 1866 (Aanestad). Peace Officer Motor enforcement agency utilizing emergency lights or sirens Vehicle Pursuit. S8 1866 will reduce the immu- or both; 2) a fire, medical, or law enforcement response nity currently afforded law enforcement agencies in to a vehicle collision, medical emergency, or other civil actions based on injuries that result from incident requiring immediate assistance; and, 3) provid- vehicular pursuits of criminals. SB 1866 also ing traffic control on a public roadway, or to ensure provides that in a civil action for damages for safety on a navigable waterway. personal injury or death, the immunity would apply only it: 1) the law enforcement agency adopts and S8 1698 will make our ::ommunities safer by enforc- implements a written policy on vehicle pursuits in ing stiffer penaities for negligent offenders, holding them conformity with the new required pursuit policy accountable for irresponsible actions. SB 1698 provides provisions created by the bill; 2) the pursuit was a common sense interpretation and approach to emer- initiated, engaged in, or terminated by a peace gency response situations and related cost recovery. officer acting within the scope of his or her employ- Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: Failed in SenPubSfty; ment whose action was not performed in bad faith Position: Support. or in a grossly negligent manner; and 3) the peace officer complies with the strict new policy guidelines SB 1808 (Committee on Local Gov.) Booking set forth in the bill. Fees. Existing law authorizes a county to impose, among other fees with respect to criminal justice ser- Officers in pursuit are forced to make split vices, a booking fee upon other local agencies for second, often life and death decisions, To suggest county costs incurred in processing or booking persons that a high-speed pursuit, with lives on the line will arrested by employees of those entities, and brought to always go "by the exact letter of the book," is to county facilities for booking and detention, misunderstand the nature of how fluid these dangerous situations are, Existing law continuously appropriates up to $50,000,000 annually from the General Fund to the S8 1866 will not stop injuries from occurring, Controller commencing with the 1999-2000 fiscal year but it will ensure that taxpayers foot the bill for a for allocation to cities and qualified special districts for criminal's decision to run from law enforcement. actual booking and processing costs paid to the coun- Strengthening penaities for fleeing from a peace ties, SB 1808 would specify that for the 2004-05 fiscal officer will have greater impact on reducing the year, the appropriation shall be allocated to cities and likelihood of suspects who flee, Thank you for your qualified special districts for reimbursement for actual attention to our concems. Staff: Natasha costs incurred during the period of July 1, 2002, to July Fooman; Status: AsmJud; Position: Oppose. 1, 2003, This bill would require the Controller to allocate those funds no later than December 1, 2004, 58 1808 also sunsets the entire booking fee reimbursement program on January 1, 2007, Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 10