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Legislative Bill Action
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<br />of funds to regional task forces. Specifically, AB
<br />49 expands the goals of the High Technology i heft
<br />Apprehension and Prosecution Program to include
<br />the apprehension and prosecution of groups
<br />engaged in the unlawful access, disruption, or
<br />destruction of public utilities or other state infra-
<br />structure. According to the Assembly Appropria-
<br />tions Committee analysis, minor administrative
<br />costs to the HTTAPP Trust Fund, a $14.3 million
<br />fund supported by the General Fund and adminis-
<br />tered by OCJP as proposed by the 2003 -04
<br />Budget. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status:
<br />SenApps, Hrg. 7/14, Position: Support.
<br />AB 319 (Frommer). Firearms Existing law
<br />prohibits a juvenile convicted of specified offenses
<br />from possessing a firearm until age 30. AB 319
<br />would add possession of a concealed or loaded
<br />gun, and allowing a loaded gun to be brought into
<br />a vehicle, to the list of serious offenses for which
<br />conviction results. Violation is punishable by up to
<br />one year in the county jail, or by 16 months, two,
<br />or three years in state prison, and/or by a fine of
<br />up to $1,000. According to the author, "These
<br />juveniles pose a threat to public safety. This bill will
<br />take these weapons out of their hands." Staff:
<br />Natasha Fooman, Status: Senate Appropriations,
<br />7/14, Position: Support
<br />AB 914 (Reyes). Public Safety Communica-
<br />tions. Existing law establishes the Public Safety
<br />Communication Act of 2002. The Warren 911
<br />Emergency Assistance Act requires every local
<br />public agency to establish a telephone service that
<br />automatically connects a person dialing the digits
<br />911 to an established public safety answering
<br />point through normal telephone service facilities.
<br />Currently, the Communications Division within the
<br />Department of General Services is required to
<br />coordinate the implementation of systems estab-
<br />lished pursuant to the act and assist local public
<br />agencies and local public safety agencies in
<br />obtaining financial help to establish emergency
<br />telephone service. AB 914 requires the division to
<br />provide funding to local public agencies and local
<br />public safety agencies to establish and maintain a
<br />system, and require all public safety answering
<br />points to have access to operators who speak
<br />other languages, in addition to English, at all times
<br />fbrtelecommunicatibAl's emergency services. AB
<br />914 passed out of Senate Energy, Utilities and
<br />Commerce Committee on July 8, 2003. Staff:
<br />Natasha Fooman, Status: SenApps, Position:
<br />Support.
<br />AB 936 (Roves) Trespass. Matemitv Wards.
<br />AB 936 defines a new form of trespass committed
<br />where a person enters or remains in a maternity
<br />ward or birthing center under circumstances that
<br />indicate the trespasser has no lawful business in
<br />the premises.
<br />According to the author, "Hospitals spend
<br />hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on
<br />security personnel and devices to detect and deter
<br />intended kidnappers. However, existing laws on
<br />loitering and trespass carry lighter sentences -
<br />and insufficient counseling provisions for proba-
<br />tioners - which fail to prevent repeated offenses."
<br />Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenApps, Hrg.
<br />7114, Position: Support.
<br />AB 1153 (Bermudez). Crime. Existing law
<br />provides that a person who willfully makes or sells
<br />any-badge which falsely purports to be authorized
<br />for the use of a peace officer, or which so re-
<br />sembles the authorized badge of a peace officer,
<br />is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by impris-
<br />onment in a county jail for a period not exceeding
<br />one year, or a fine not exceeding $15,000. AB 1153
<br />would provide that any person who willfully makes
<br />or sells any unauthorized or replica badge which
<br />so resembles the authorized badge of an officer or
<br />member of a fire department or deputy state fire
<br />marshal is guilty of a misdemeanor. AB 1153
<br />would also provide that any person, other than one
<br />who is a state, county, city, special district, or city
<br />and county officer or employee, who willfully
<br />wears or uses a badge, photographic identification
<br />card, or insignia of a state, county, city, special
<br />district, or city and county officer or employee,
<br />with specified intent, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
<br />Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: SenApps, Hrg.
<br />7/14, Position: Support
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