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AB-562 Local law enforcement funding.(2001-2002)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  April 16, 2001

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2001–2002 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 562

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Bogh
 (Principal Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Cox)

February 21, 2001

An act relating to public safety, and making an appropriation therefor.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 562, as amended, Bogh. Local law enforcement funding.
Existing law establishes in each county treasury a Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund (SLESF), sets forth provisions governing the administration of these funds, and appropriated $242,600,000 from the General Fund for the 2000–01 fiscal year for allocation to counties and other entities for specified law enforcement purposes.
This bill would appropriate $100,000,000 from the General Fund to the Controller to be allocated to county sheriffs, city police chiefs, and specified special districts providing police protection services, and cities that contract for police and sheriff services, for the purpose of funding technology grants and technology-related acquisitions to enhance public safety.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: YES   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Controller for the purpose of funding technology grants and technology-related acquisitions to enhance public safety as follows:
(a) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to each county sheriff, including the Sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco.
(b) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to each city police chief, including the Chief of Police of the City and County of San Francisco, and to each city that contracts for police and sheriff services.
(c) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) to each of the following special districts: the Broadmoor Police Protection District within the County of San Mateo, the Bear Valley Community Services District and the Stallion Springs Community Services District within Kern County, the Lake Shastina Community Services within Siskiyou County, and the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services within Contra Costa County.
(d) The balance of any remaining funds shall be allocated per capita pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) in accordance with the most recent estimates established by the Department of Finance for local law enforcement funding.