BILL NUMBER: SB 139	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 24, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 10, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist

                        JANUARY 31, 2011

   An act to add and repeal Section 5040 of the Penal Code, relating
to corrections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 139, Alquist. Corrections: state prisons: searches.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, and charges it with various duties and
responsibilities related to inmates housed in state prisons.
   This bill would require, only until January 1, 2014, the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee and conduct
periodic and random searches of employees and vendors entering the
secure perimeter of a state prison under the jurisdiction of the
department for contraband, and require the department to report to
the Legislature at least quarterly regarding those searches, as
specified.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5040 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   5040.  (a) (1) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
shall oversee and conduct periodic and random searches of employees
and vendors entering the secure perimeter of a state prison under the
jurisdiction of the department for contraband. These searches shall
include random searches of property, personal or otherwise, brought
into the prison by those individuals.
   (2) The searches shall be conducted at each institution at least
once per month. However, the secretary, or his or her designee, may
cancel a search at an institution in a given month provided both of
the following criteria are met:
   (A) For every canceled search at an institution per month, an
additional search shall be conducted at another institution within
that same month.
   (B) No institution may go three consecutive months without a
search.
   (b) The department shall provide a written report to the
Legislature at least quarterly detailing the following:
    (1) The names of the prisons where the searches took place.
    (2) The dates of the searches.
   (3) The shifts during which the searches took place.
    (4) The number of employees searched.
    (5) The number of vendors searched.
    (6) The number of cell phones discovered.
    (7) The number of items of portable computer equipment found,
including, but not limited to, iPods, MP3 players, DVD players, CD
players, CDs, and portable video game players.
    (8) Tobacco products found.
    (9) Illegal substances found, listed by type of substance.
   (c) The report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.