Bill Text: CA SB329 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 329 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB329 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB329-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 329	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Benoit

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to amend Section 5000 of the Penal Code, relating to the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 329, as introduced, Benoit. Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
   Existing law provides that any reference to the Department of
Corrections in the Penal Code or any other code refers to the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult
Operations, and that the primary objective of adult incarceration is
to promote public safety.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5000 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   5000.   (a)    Commencing July 1, 2005, any
reference to the Department of Corrections in this or any other code
refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division
of Adult Operations. 
    Nothing 
    (b)     Nothing  in the act enacted by
Senate Bill 737 of the  2005-06   2005-06 
Regular Session shall be construed to alter the primary objective of
adult incarceration under the reorganized Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, which remains public safety as articulated in the
legislative findings and declarations set forth in Section 1170.