BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 1708 (Gonzalez) - Disorderly conduct: prostitution
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|Version: June 28, 2016 |Policy Vote: PUB. S. 7 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: Yes |
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|Hearing Date: August 11, 2016 |Consultant: Jolie Onodera |
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*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016
Bill
Summary: AB 1708 would impose minimum fines and mandatory
minimum county jail terms for persons convicted of purchasing
commercial sex, and would recast the provisions of the crime of
prostitution, as specified.
Fiscal
Impact:
County jails : Ongoing increase in local incarceration costs,
potentially in the hundreds of thousands of dollars (Local
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Funds/General Fund*) annually due to the imposition of
mandatory minimum jail terms. DOJ statistics indicate over
2,000 convictions annually under this specified provision of
law. Although the proportion of convictions that would be
subject to a mandatory minimum jail term is unknown, for every
25 percent of convictions subject to a 72-hour jail term could
cost over $180,000.
County fine revenues : Potential increase in overall fine
revenues (Local Funds) due to the minimum fine amounts
specified.
State penalty assessment revenues : Potential minor increase
in state penalty and assessment revenues (General Fund) to the
extent imposing minimum fines results in increased state
penalty assessment and state surcharge revenues.
Proposition 30* : Under 2011 Realignment Legislation, the
state provided funding to the counties to place offenders in
county jail for specified felonies that previously would have
required a state prison sentence. Pursuant to Proposition 30
(2012), legislation enacted after September 30, 2012, that has
an overall effect of increasing the costs already borne by a
local agency for programs or levels of service mandated by the
2011 Realignment Legislation apply to local agencies only to
the extent that the state provides annual funding for the cost
increase. While Proposition 30 specifies that legislation
defining a new crime or changing the definition of an existing
crime is not subject to this provision, changing the penalty
for a crime is not specifically exempted and could potentially
require a subvention of funds from the state.
Author
Amendments: Remove the requirement to utilize a specified
amount of fine revenue to fund services for victims of human
trafficking and make other technical changes.
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