BILL NUMBER: AB 739	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 27513 to the Government Code, relating to
local officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 739, as amended, Salas. Coroners.
   Existing law generally sets forth the duties of a coroner.
Existing law specifically requires a coroner to hold an inquest under
certain circumstances and authorizes a coroner holding an inquest
to, among other things, issue subpoenas.
   This bill would, for purposes relating to the duty of a coroner to
hold an inquest, provide that a coroner's appointed deputy or
authorized deputy shall include a deputy coroner or part-time or
volunteer personnel of the coroner's office, as specified.
   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 27513 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   27513.  For purposes of this article only, a coroner's appointed
deputy or authorized deputy shall include  all of  the
following:
   (a) Any deputy coroner who is regularly employed and paid in that
capacity.
   (b) Any part-time or volunteer personnel of the coroner's office
who  meets   meet  the same background,
training, and certification requirements established by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for regularly
employed deputy coroners.  The Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training shall not reimburse any individual agency for
training or certification of any part-time or volunteer personnel.