Bill Text: CA AB2623 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: State hospitals: peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-09-30 - Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [AB2623 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2623-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2623	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 830.38 of the Penal Code, relating to
peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2623, Allen. State hospitals: peace officers.
   Under existing law, peace officers of a state hospital under the
jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State
Department of Developmental Services are authorized to carry firearms
only as authorized and under terms and conditions specified by their
employing agency.
   This bill would require the State Department of State Hospitals,
by June 30, 2013, to adopt a policy regarding arming peace officers
of state hospitals under its jurisdiction while performing security
functions outside of the secure area of the hospital, and would
require the department to implement the policy by January 1, 2014.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 830.38 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   830.38.  The officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction
of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of
Developmental Services appointed pursuant to Section 4313 or 4493 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, are peace officers whose
authority extends to any place in the state for the purpose of
performing their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to
Section 836 as to any public offense with respect to which there is
immediate danger to person or property, or of the escape of the
perpetrator of that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of
the Government Code provided that the primary duty of the peace
officers shall be the enforcement of the law as set forth in Sections
4311, 4313, 4491, and 4493 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency. By June 30,
2013, the State Department of State Hospitals shall develop a policy
regarding arming state hospital peace officers under its
jurisdiction while those officers are performing hospital security
functions outside of the secure area of the hospital. The department
shall implement this policy by January 1, 2014.