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SB-296 Code enforcement officers: safety standards.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 The Legislature finds and declares that code enforcement officers are disproportionately at risk for threat, assault, injury, and even homicide due to the nature of their obligations.

SEC. 2.

 Section 829.7 is added to the Penal Code, immediately following Section 829.5, to read:

829.7.
 Each local jurisdiction that employs code enforcement officers shall develop code enforcement officer safety standards appropriate for the code enforcement officers employed in their jurisdiction.
SEC. 3.
 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.