Bill Text: CA AB1507 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Peace officers: training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1507 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1507-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1507	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 13, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Labor and Employment 
 (   Assembly Members Roger Hernández
(Chair), Chu, Low, McCarty, and Thurmond   )
  Assembly Member   Roger  Hernández 

                        MARCH 4, 2015

   An act to add Section 832.35 to the Penal Code, relating to peace
officers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1507, as amended,  Committee on Labor and Employment
  Roger  Hernández  . Peace officers: training.
   Existing federal law, commonly known as Public Law 280, authorizes
the state to exercise jurisdiction over offenses committed by or
against Indians in the areas of Indian country within the state, and
gives state criminal laws the same force and effect within Indian
country as they have elsewhere in the state.
   Existing state law creates the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training that, among other things, establishes levels
of standards and training for peace officers, as specified. Existing
law requires the commission to implement courses of training related
to various topics applicable to peace officers.
   This bill would require  each   every 
police chief, county sheriff, or other head of a law enforcement
agency to assess his or her jurisdiction to determine if any Indian
tribal lands lie within the jurisdiction. The bill would require the
police chief, county sheriff, or other head of a law enforcement
agency, if he or she determines that Indian tribal lands exist within
his or her jurisdiction, to ensure that those peace officers
employed by the agency who work in, or adjacent to, Indian tribal
lands, or who may be responsible for responding to calls for service
on, or adjacent to, Indian tribal lands, complete a course that
includes, but is not limited to, a review of Public Law 280. By
creating new duties for local officials, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 832.35 is added to the Penal Code, immediately
following Section 832.3, to read:
   832.35.  (a)  Each   Every  police
chief, county sheriff, or other head of a law enforcement agency
shall assess his or her jurisdiction to determine if any Indian
tribal lands lie within the jurisdiction.
   (b) If the police chief, county sheriff, or other head of a law
enforcement agency determines that Indian tribal lands exist within
his or her jurisdiction, he or she shall ensure that those peace
officers employed by the agency who work in, or adjacent to, Indian
tribal lands, or who may be responsible for responding to calls for
service on, or adjacent to, Indian tribal lands, complete a course
that includes, but is not limited to, a review of Public Law 280 (18
U.S.C. Sec. 1162; 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1360; and 25 U.S.C. Secs. 1321
through 1326, inclusive).
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.