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SB 441, as amended, Ducheny. Corrections: Corrections
Standards Authority. Board of Community Corrections.

Existing law provides that there is established within the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the Corrections
Standards Authority and provides for its membership, as
specified. Existing law abolished the former Commission on
Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training and provided that
all references to it shall refer to the Corrections Standards
Authority .
This bill would provide that, commencing July 1, 2010,
the Corrections Standards Authority shall no longer be within the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. abolish
the Corrections Standards Authority and establish the Board of
Community Corrections to replace it, with modifications to its
membership, as specified. The bill would specify that the Board of
Community Corrections shall be an entity independent of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The bill would repeal
provisions that abolished the Commission on Correctional Peace
Officer Standards and Training and reestab lish, within
the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Commission on
Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training, as specified, and
make conforming changes.
Existing law provides that it is the duty of the Corrections
Standards Authority to make a study of the entire subject of crime,
as specified, and to report its findings, conclusions, and
recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature at such times as
they may require.
This bill would make this study the duty of the Board of
Community Corrections and make certain revisions in regards to
what that study is to include.
This bill would take effect on July 1, 2010.

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