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DATE; August 12, 1987 (�N �'
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Legislation: Senate Bill 1254 (Bergeson)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position in opposition to SB 1254 by Senator Marian
Bergeson as the bill was amended June 18, 1987 unless the bill is
further amended to provide for payment of the cost of the court' s
administration of the bill.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, the Department of Justice maintains criminal
offender information on a number of crimes as reported by
designated criminal justice agencies. The Department of Justice
does not currently maintain criminal offender information on
persons arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or
drugs.
SB 1254 would require the Department of Justice to maintain such
records. To pay the State' s costs of maintaining these records,
SB 1254 imposes a penalty assessment of $20 on each conviction of
driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. These penalty
assessments would have to be collected by the Municipal Court and
transmitted to the State. A form would have to be submitted to
the Department of Justice for each such conviction. In Contra
Costa County, there are 8000 such convictions each year. SB 1254
makes no provision for the court to retain any of the penalty
assessment to pay for its substantial costs in administering this
new mandate.
If the bill were amended to provide an additional penalty
assessment to cover the cost of the court' s additional workload,
we would have no objection to the bill. But, in the absence of
such a provision to reimburse the court for its administrative
costs, these costs become a 100% county General Fund cost. We
must, therefore, oppose SB 1254 in its present form. We would
recommend withdrawing these objections if adequate provision were
made to finance the local costs of the bill.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE;
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
S I GNATURE 1 S 1:
ACTION OF BOARD ON AIJg,IJSt L8, 1987 At-PROVED AS RECOMMEPdDED /\ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
_ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT; ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator. ATTESTED
Clerk-Admin. , W.C.-Danville Court �-
Jackson/Barish & Associates PHIL BAT HELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Senator Marian Bergeson SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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