California Assembly Bill AB2527 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2527INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Section 1203.5 of the Penal Code, relating to probation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2527, as introduced, Swanson. Probation officers. Existing law establishes the offices of adult probation officer, assistant adult probation officer, and deputy adult probation officer. Under existing law, probation officers, assistant probation officers, and deputy probation officers appointed to the juvenile court are ex officio adult probation officers, assistant adult probation officers, and deputy adult probation officers except in a county or city and county whose charter provides for separate offices for adult and juvenile probation officers. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these 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 1203.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 1203.5. The offices of adult probation officer, assistant adult probation officer, and deputy adult probation officer are hereby created. The probation officers, assistant probation officers, and deputy probation officers appointed in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Division 2 of Part 1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be ex officio adult probation officers, assistant adult probation officers, and deputy adult probation officers except in  any   a  county or city and county whose charter provides for the separate office of adult probation officer. When the separate office of adult probation officer has been established  ,  he or she shall perform all the duties of probation officers except for matters under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.  Any   An  adult probation officer may accept appointment as member of the Board of Corrections and serve in that capacity in addition to his or her duties as adult probation officer and may receive the per diem allowance authorized in Section 6025.1.