BILL NUMBER: AB 739	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 27513 to the Government Code, relating to
local officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 739, as amended, Salas.  Coroners.   Local
officers: deputy coroner. 
   Existing law generally sets forth the duties of a coroner.
Existing law specifically requires a coroner to hold an inquest under
certain circumstances and authorizes a coroner holding an inquest
to, among other things, issue subpoenas.
   This bill would, for purposes relating to the duty of a coroner to
hold an inquest, provide that a coroner's appointed deputy or
authorized deputy shall include a deputy coroner or part-time or
volunteer personnel of the  sheriff  coroner's 
office,   office who is a reserve officer,  as
specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.

   AB 739, as amended, Salas.  Coroners.   Local
officers: deputy coroner. 
   Existing law generally sets forth the duties of a coroner.
Existing law specifically requires a coroner to hold an inquest under
certain circumstances and authorizes a coroner holding an inquest
to, among other things, issue subpoenas.
   This bill would, for purposes relating to the duty of a coroner to
hold an inquest, provide that a coroner's appointed deputy or
authorized deputy shall include a deputy coroner or part-time or
volunteer personnel of the  sheriff  coroner's 
office,   office who is a reserve officer,  as
specified.
   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 27513 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   27513.  For purposes of this article only, a coroner's appointed
deputy or authorized deputy shall include  all  
both  of the following:
   (a) Any deputy coroner who is regularly employed and paid in that
capacity.
   (b) Any part-time or volunteer personnel of the  sheriff 
coroner's office who  meet the same background, training,
and certification requirements established by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training for regularly employed deputy
coroners     is a level I reserve officer, as
described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 832.6 of the
Penal Code . The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training shall not reimburse any individual agency for training or
certification of any part-time or volunteer personnel.

  SECTION 1.  Section 27513 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   27513.  For purposes of this article only, a coroner's appointed
deputy or authorized deputy shall include  all  
both  of the following:
   (a) Any deputy coroner who is regularly employed and paid in that
capacity.
   (b) Any part-time or volunteer personnel of the  sheriff 
coroner's office who  meet the same background, training,
and certification requirements established by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training for regularly employed deputy
coroners     is a level I reserve officer, as
described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 832.6 of the
Penal Code . The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training shall not reimburse any individual agency for training or
certification of any part-time or volunteer personnel.