California Assembly Bill AB2438 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2438INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hagman FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 5000 of the Penal Code, relating to corrections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2438, as introduced, Hagman. State correctional system. Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and specifies that the primary objective of adult incarceration is public safety. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes 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 5000 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 5000. Commencing July 1, 2005, any reference to the Department of Corrections in this or any other code refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Operations.  Nothing in the   The  act enacted by Senate Bill 737 of the  2005-06   2005-06  Regular Session shall  not  be construed to alter the primary objective of adult incarceration under the reorganized Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which remains public safety  ,  as articulated in the legislative findings and declarations set forth in Section 1170.