California Senate Bill SB329 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 329INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Benoit FEBRUARY 25, 2009 An act to amend Section 5000 of the Penal Code, relating to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 329, as introduced, Benoit. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law provides that any reference to the Department of Corrections in the Penal Code or any other code refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Operations, and that the primary objective of adult incarceration is to promote public safety. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in that provision. 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.  (a)    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   (b)     Nothing  in the act enacted by Senate Bill 737 of the  2005-06   2005-06  Regular Session shall 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.