BILL NUMBER: AB 1890	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 3, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Rod Pacheco and Reyes

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2000

   An act to add Section 2717 to the Penal Code, relating to
prisoners.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1890, Rod Pacheco.  Prisoners:  work outside prisons:  security
and clothing.
   Existing law provides for the employment of state prisoners
outside the prison grounds in road cleanup crews and fire crews, as
specified.
   This bill would provide that the Department of Corrections shall
require these prisoners to wear distinctive clothing for
identification purposes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2717 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   2717.  The Department of Corrections shall require prisoners who
are working outside the prison grounds in road cleanup crews pursuant
to Article 4 (commencing with Section 2760) or fire crews pursuant
to Article 5 (commencing with Section 2780) to wear distinctive
clothing for identification purposes.