S.B. 1932 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


S.B. 1932
By: Ogden
Judicial Affairs
Committee Report (Amended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The district attorney position in Trinity County is currently vacant.
S.B. 1932 allows an attorney employed by the Prison Prosecution Unit to
fill the vacant position of district attorney only until the position is
filled by the governor or by the voters of the district in an election.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 

ANALYSIS

S.B. 1932 provides that an attorney who is employed by the prison
prosecution unit shall perform the duties of the district attorney if
there is a vacancy in the office of district attorney serving the county.
The bill requires the attorney who is employed by the prison prosecution
unit to perform the duties of district attorney only until the vacancy in
the county's office of district attorney is filled by the governor or a
district attorney is elected by the voters of the district.  This section
expires February 1, 2005. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect on September 1, 2003.  


EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS

Committee Amendment No. 1 provides that "the duties under this subsection
are in addition to the duties of the prison prosecution unit and the
attorney employed by the prison prosecution unit.  The prison prosecution
unit and the attorney employed by the prison prosecution unit are not
entitled to additional compensation or reimbursement."