Compare Versions


Add To My Favorites | print page

SB-43 Rewards.(1993-1994)



Current Version: 09/27/94 - Chaptered

Compare Versions information image


SB43:v96#DOCUMENT

Senate Bill No. 43
CHAPTER 45

An act to amend Section 1547 of the Penal Code, relating to rewards, and making an appropriation therefor.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  September 27, 1994. Approved by Governor  September 26, 1994. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 43, Beverly. Rewards.
Under existing law, the Governor may offer a reward of not more than $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who have committed any one of several specified crimes. These crimes include assaulting or causing death or serious bodily harm to a police officer who is acting in the line of duty.
This bill would authorize the Governor to offer a reward of not more than $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who kills a peace officer who is acting in the line of duty. This bill would also make a related change.
The bill also would incorporate additional changes in Section 1547 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 1511 of the 1993–94 Regular Session, to be operative only if AB 1511 and this bill are both enacted and become effective, as specified, and this bill is enacted last.
The bill would further provide that it shall become operative only if AB 1551 of the 1993–94 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective on or before January 1, 1995.
Because this bill would authorize the expenditure of funds from the General Fund, it would make an appropriation.
Appropriation: YES  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 1547 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

1547.
 (a)  The Governor may offer a reward of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), payable out of the General Fund, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any of the following:
(1)  Any convict who has escaped from a state prison, prison camp, prison farm, or the custody of any prison officer or employee or as provided in Section 3059 or 4530.
(2)  Any person who has committed, or is charged with the commission of, an offense punishable by death.
(3)  Any person engaged in the robbery or hijacking of, or any attempt to rob or hijack, any person upon or in charge of, in whole or in part, any public conveyance engaged at the time in carrying passengers within this state.
(4)  Any person who assaults with a deadly weapon or inflicts serious bodily harm upon a peace officer who is acting in the line of duty.
(5)  Any person who has committed a crime involving the burning or bombing of public property, including any public hospital housed in a privately owned facility.
(6)  Any person who has committed a crime involving the burning or bombing of any private hospital. A reward may be offered by the Governor in conjunction with such a crime only if a reward in conjunction with the same crime is offered by the hospital, or any other public or private donor on its behalf. The amount of the reward offered by the Governor shall not exceed the aggregate amount offered privately, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever is less. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude a private hospital, or any public or private donor on its behalf, from offering a reward in an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). If a person providing information for a reward under this paragraph so requests, his or her name and address shall remain confidential. This confidentiality, however, shall not preclude or obstruct the investigations of law enforcement authorities.
(7)  Any person who commits a violation of Section 11413.
(8)  Any person who commits a violation of Section 207.
(9)  Any person who has committed a crime involving the burning or bombing of any bookstore or public or private library not subject to Section 11413. A reward may be offered by the Governor in conjunction with such a crime only if a reward in conjunction with the same crime is offered by the bookstore or library, or any other public or private donor on its behalf. The amount of the reward offered by the Governor shall not exceed the aggregate amount offered privately, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever is less. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude a bookstore or public or private library, or any public or private donor on its behalf, from offering a reward in an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). If a person providing information for a reward under this paragraph so requests, his or her name and address shall remain confidential. This confidentiality, however, shall not preclude or obstruct the investigations of law enforcement authorities.
(10)  Any person who commits a violation of Section 454 or 463.
(11)  Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to, or who attempts to willfully and maliciously set fire to, any property that is included within a hazardous fire area designated by the State Board of Forestry pursuant to Section 4252 of the Public Resources Code or by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4253 of the Public Resources Code, if the fire, or attempt to set a fire, results in death or great bodily injury to anyone, including fire protection personnel, or if the fire causes substantial structural damage.
(b)  The Governor may offer a reward of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who kills a peace officer who is acting in the line of duty.
(c)  The reward shall be paid to the person giving the information, immediately upon the conviction of the person so arrested.
(d)  As used in this section, “hijacking” means an unauthorized person causing, or attempting to cause, by violence or threat of violence, a public conveyance to go to an unauthorized destination.

SEC. 2.

 Section 1547 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

1547.
 (a)  The Governor may offer a reward of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), payable out of the General Fund, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any of the following:
(1)  Any convict who has escaped from a state prison, prison camp, prison farm, or the custody of any prison officer or employee or as provided in Section 3059 or 4530.
(2)  Any person who has committed, or is charged with the commission of, an offense punishable by death.
(3)  Any person engaged in the robbery or hijacking of, or any attempt to rob or hijack, any person upon or in charge of, in whole or in part, any public conveyance engaged at the time in carrying passengers within this state.
(4)  Any person who attempts to murder either in the first or second degree, assaults with a deadly weapon, or inflicts serious bodily harm upon a peace officer or firefighter who is acting in the line of duty.
(5)  Any person who has committed a crime involving the burning or bombing of public or private property, including any public hospital housed in a privately owned facility.
(6)  Any person who has committed a crime involving the burning or bombing of any private hospital. A reward may be offered by the Governor in conjunction with such a crime only if a reward in conjunction with the same crime is offered by the hospital, or any other public or private donor on its behalf. The amount of the reward offered by the Governor shall not exceed the aggregate amount offered privately, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever is less. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude a private hospital, or any public or private donor on its behalf, from offering a reward in an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). If a person providing information for a reward under this paragraph so requests, his or her name and address shall remain confidential. This confidentiality, however, shall not preclude or obstruct the investigations of law enforcement authorities.
(7)  Any person who commits a violation of Section 11413.
(8)  Any person who commits a violation of Section 207.
(9)  Any person who has committed a crime involving the burning or bombing of any bookstore or public or private library not subject to Section 11413. A reward may be offered by the Governor in conjunction with such a crime only if a reward in conjunction with the same crime is offered by the bookstore or library, or any other public or private donor on its behalf. The amount of the reward offered by the Governor shall not exceed the aggregate amount offered privately, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever is less. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude a bookstore or public or private library, or any public or private donor on its behalf, from offering a reward in an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). If a person providing information for a reward under this paragraph so requests, his or her name and address shall remain confidential. This confidentiality, however, shall not preclude or obstruct the investigations of law enforcement authorities.
(10)  Any person who commits a violation of Section 454 or 463.
(11)  Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to, or who attempts to willfully and maliciously set fire to, any property that is included within a hazardous fire area designated by the State Board of Forestry pursuant to Section 4252 of the Public Resources Code or by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4253 of the Public Resources Code, if the fire, or attempt to set a fire, results in death or great bodily injury to anyone, including fire protection personnel, or if the fire causes substantial structural damage.
(b)  The Governor may offer a reward of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who kills a peace officer or firefighter who is acting in the line of duty.
(c)  The reward shall be paid to the person giving the information, immediately upon the conviction of the person so arrested.
(d)  As used in this section, “hijacking” means an unauthorized person causing, or attempting to cause, by violence or threat of violence, a public conveyance to go to an unauthorized destination.

SEC. 3.

 Section 2 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section 1547 of the Penal Code proposed by both this bill and AB 1551 of the 1993–94 Regular Session. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective, (2) each bill amends Section 1547 of the Penal Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after AB 1551. In that case, one of the following alternatives shall apply:
(a)  If this bill becomes operative before AB 1551, Section 1 of this bill shall be operative until the operative date of AB 1551, at which time Section 2 of this bill shall become operative.
(b)  If this bill becomes operative after AB 1551, Section 1547 of the Penal Code, as amended by AB 1551, shall remain operative only until the operative date of this bill, at which time Section 2 of this bill shall become operative and Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.

SEC. 4.

 This act shall become operative only if AB 1551 of the 1993–94 Regular Session is enacted and becomes effective on or before January 1, 1995.