Bill Text: CA AB1281 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Parole hearings: audioconferencing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2011-07-12 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1281 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1281-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1281	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 27, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 3043.25 of the Penal Code, relating to
parole.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1281, Garrick. Parole hearings: audioconferencing.
   Existing law requires the Board of Parole Hearings to give notice
of a parole suitability hearing for a prisoner, upon request, to a
victim or next of kin, if the victim has died. Under existing law,
the victim, members of the victim's immediate family, representatives
designated by the victim, and specified prosecutors have a right to
appear at the hearing in person, and may appear at the hearing by
means of videoconferencing, as defined, if videoconferencing is
available at the hearing site.
   This bill would provide that these individuals may also appear at
any parole suitability hearing by means of audioconferencing, as
defined, if audioconferencing is available at the hearing site.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3043.25 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   3043.25.  Any victim, next of kin, members of the victim's
immediate family, or representatives designated for a particular
hearing by the victim or next of kin in writing prior to the hearing
who have the right to appear at a hearing to review parole
suitability or the setting of a parole date, either personally as
provided in Section 3043, or by a written, audiotaped, or videotaped
statement as provided in Section 3043.2, and any prosecutor who has
the right to appear pursuant to Section 3041.7, shall also have the
right to appear by means of videoconferencing or audioconferencing,
if videoconferencing or audioconferencing is available at the hearing
site. For the purposes of this section, "videoconferencing" means
the live transmission of audio and video signals by any means from
one physical location to another and "audioconferencing" means the
live transmission of audio signals by any means from one physical
location to another.