California Assembly Bill AB1369 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1369INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Davis FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 422.91 of the Penal Code, relating to hate crimes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1369, as introduced, Davis. Hate crimes. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to, subject to available funding, cooperate with fully and participate actively with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and community hate crime prevention and response networks and other antihate groups concerning hate crimes and gangs, and strive to provide inmates with safe environments in which they are not pressured to join gangs or hate groups and do not feel a need to join them in self-defense. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions. 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 422.91 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 422.91. The Department of Corrections  and the California Youth Authority   and Rehabilitation, including the Division of Juvenile Facilities  , subject to available funding, shall do each of the following: (a) Cooperate fully and participate actively with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and community hate crime prevention and response networks and other anti-hate groups concerning hate crimes and gangs. (b) Strive to provide inmates with safe environments in which they are not pressured to join gangs or hate groups and do not feel a need to join them in self-defense.