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010 Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... PUBLIC SAFETY AB 27 (Parra). Sex Offender Registration. AD 27 provides for the elimination of the sunset on sex offender registration statutes related to the respon- sibilities of local law enforcement to provide a CD- ROM that details any registered sex offenders residing in the requester's zip code (Penal Code 290.4). The statute outlines the responsibilities of the Department of Justice (DOJ) as it relates to database compilation and maintenance. AB 27 also states the intent of the Legislature to consider posting sex offender information on the Internet should the Supreme Court uphold laws permitting such posting. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Support. AB 74 (Mountjoy). Police Vehicle Pursuits. e@ 74 makes the act of willfully evading a peace officer while operating a motor vehicle a felony (as op- posed to a misdemeanor), and increases the minimum fine from $1000 to $2000. AS 74 also provides that causing bodily injury or property damage during such an evasion is subject to a one - year prison sentence enhancement. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsPubSfty;Hrg4/8, Position: Support. AB 486 (Parra). Vehicles. Suspended License. Penalties. AB 486 increases the penalties for driving with a suspended license for a person previously convicted of reckless driving, driving under the influence, or denied a driver's license due to negligence. Specifically, AB 486 amends Vehicle Code section 14601 to increase punishments for a previous conviction of reckless driving or reckless driving with an injury; previous refusal of a driver's license by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) following a determination that an individual is incapable of driving safely due to chronic alcoholism; previous refusal of a driver's license by the DMV following a determination that an individual is incapable of driving safely due to a physical disorder accompanied by recurrent lapses of consciousness; or refusal of a driver's license by the DMV following a determination that the individual is a negligent or incompetent operator of a motor vehicle. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Support. HUMAN RESOURCES AB 136 (Kehoe). Workers' Compensation. Disability. Leave of Absence. AB 136 passed out of the Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday, April 2, 2003 on a party line vote, with one Republican voting AYE. Approximately twenty city and county representatives testified in opposi- tion. Unfortunately, the bill has now been sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee and will be heard in the coming weeks. This bill would extend temporary disability (Labor Code 4850) for safety officers to two years. This bill would have dramati- cally adverse effects on our local agency budgets in a time where layoffs, local service cutbacks and an enormous state budget deficit is a part of our reality. Under current law, firefighters and police officers are entitled to up to one year of temporary disability time off while receiving tax -free payments of their full salary. Because the benefit is full salary, but tax free, the amount received by the injured officer significantly exceeds their normal take -home com- pensation. A temporarily injured safety employee under this law cannot retire until their "4850" time is exhausted. The local agency cannot permanently fill that position until the injured worker returns to modified work or retires. One missing employee severely hampers response models and emergency operations so overtime personnel are hired back to sustain staffing levels. Typically, a local agency backfills positions for the entire year, which in- creases costs extensively (full salary for the injured officer; time and a half for the replacement who is out on "4850" time). This occurs even when the agency is aware that the injured worker will eventu- ally retire on disability. Because of the law, the agency cannot retire the injured worker without his or her consent, prior to the exhaustion of the 4850 benefits unless their injury is determined to be "permanent and stationary" as found by the Work- ers' Compensation Appeals Board. Staff: Amy Brown, Status: AsApps, Position: Oppose. ELECTIONS, PUBLIC RECORDS AND FPPC AB 71 (Pacheco). Elections. Municipal Elec- tions. AB 718 amends (Sections 1003, 1301, 4000, 9283, 9285, 13113, 17100, and 17304 of the PAGE 10/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site -- www.cacities.org