Bill Text: CA AB2246 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Battery: gassing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2246 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2246-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2246	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 273.5 of the Penal Code, relating to
domestic violence.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2246, as introduced, Blakeslee. Domestic violence.
   Existing law requires that any person who willfully inflicts upon
a person who is his or her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former
cohabitant, or the mother or father of his or her child corporal
injury resulting in a traumatic condition, is guilty of a felony and
upon conviction is punished by imprisonment in the state prison for
2, 3, or 4 years, or in a county jail for not more than one year, or
by a fine of up to $6,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to 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 273.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   273.5.  (a) Any person who willfully inflicts  corporal injury
resulting in traumatic condition  upon a person who is his or
her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the
mother or father of his or her child  , corporal injury
resulting in a traumatic condition,  is guilty of a felony,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for two, three, or four years, or in a county jail for
not more than one year, or by a fine of up to six thousand dollars
($6,000)  ,  or by both that fine and imprisonment.
   (b) Holding oneself out to be the husband or wife of the person
with whom one is cohabiting is not necessary to constitute
cohabitation as the term is used in this section.
   (c) As used in this section, "traumatic condition" means a
condition of the body, such as a wound or external or internal
injury, whether of a minor or serious nature, caused by a physical
force.
   (d) For the purpose of this section, a person shall be considered
the father or mother of another person's child if the alleged male
parent is presumed the natural father under Sections 7611 and 7612 of
the Family Code.
   (e) (1) Any person convicted of violating this section for acts
occurring within seven years of a previous conviction under
subdivision (a),  or  subdivision (d) of Section
243, or Section 243.4, 244, 244.5, or 245, shall be punished by
imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by
imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or five years, or by
both imprisonment and a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

   (2) Any person convicted of a violation of this section for acts
occurring within seven years of a previous conviction under
subdivision (e) of Section 243 shall be punished by imprisonment in
the state prison for two, three, or four years, or in a county jail
for not more than one year, or by a fine of up to ten thousand
dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
   (f) If probation is granted to any person convicted under
subdivision (a), the court shall impose probation consistent with the
provisions of Section 1203.097.
   (g) If probation is granted, or the execution or imposition of a
sentence is suspended, for any defendant convicted under subdivision
(a) who has been convicted of any prior offense specified in
subdivision (e), the court shall impose one of the following
conditions of probation:
   (1) If the defendant has suffered one prior conviction within the
previous seven years for a violation of any offense specified in
subdivision (e), it shall be a condition thereof, in addition to the
provisions contained in Section 1203.097, that he or she be
imprisoned in a county jail for not less than 15 days.
   (2) If the defendant has suffered two or more prior convictions
within the previous seven years for a violation of any offense
specified in subdivision (e), it shall be a condition of probation,
in addition to the provisions contained in Section 1203.097, that he
or she be imprisoned in a county jail for not less than 60 days.
   (3) The court, upon a showing of good cause, may find that the
mandatory imprisonment required by this subdivision shall not be
imposed and shall state on the record its reasons for finding good
cause.
   (h) If probation is granted upon conviction of a violation of
subdivision (a), the conditions of probation may include, consistent
with the terms of probation imposed pursuant to Section 1203.097, in
lieu of a fine, one or both of the following requirements:
   (1) That the defendant make payments to a battered women's
shelter, up to a maximum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), pursuant
to Section 1203.097.
   (2) That the defendant reimburse the victim for reasonable costs
of counseling and other reasonable expenses that the court finds are
the direct result of the defendant's offense.
   For any order to pay a fine, make payments to a battered women's
shelter, or pay restitution as a condition of probation under this
subdivision, the court shall make a determination of the defendant's
ability to pay. In no event shall any order to make payments to a
battered women's shelter be made if it would impair the ability of
the defendant to pay direct restitution to the victim or
court-ordered child support. Where the injury to a married person is
caused in whole or in part by the criminal acts of his or her spouse
in violation of this section, the community property may not be used
to discharge the liability of the offending spouse for restitution to
the injured spouse, required by Section 1203.04, as operative on or
before August 2, 1995, or Section 1202.4, or to a shelter for costs
with regard to the injured spouse and dependents, required by this
section, until all separate property of the offending spouse is
exhausted.
   (i) Upon conviction under subdivision (a), the sentencing court
shall also consider issuing an order restraining the defendant from
any contact with the victim, which may be valid for up to 10 years,
as determined by the court. It is the intent of the Legislature that
the length of any restraining order be based upon the seriousness of
the facts before the court, the probability of future violations, and
the safety of the victim and his or her immediate family. This
protective order may be issued by the court whether the defendant is
sentenced to state prison, county jail, or if imposition of sentence
is suspended and the defendant is placed on probation.