Under existing law, a person in a local correctional facility who possesses a wireless communication device, including, but not limited to, a cellular telephone, pager, or wireless Internet device, who is not authorized to possess that item is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of every county to provide and maintain a juvenile hall and authorizes the board to establish juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry to which persons made wards of the juvenile court may be committed. Existing law requires, except as specified, any person who knowingly brings or sends into, or who knowingly assists in bringing into, or sending into, any county juvenile hall, ranch, camp, or forestry camp, or any person who while confined in any of those institutions possesses therein, any specified controlled substance, firearm, weapon, explosive of any kind, or tear gas or tear gas weapon to be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment pursuant to specified provisions. This bill would make, with exceptions, a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to an inmate or ward in a local correctional facility or a ward confined in a juvenile hall, ranch, camp, or forestry camp, any cellular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity module or memory storage device, guilty of a misdemeanor. By revising the definition of a crime and creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would provide that if a person who is visiting an inmate or ward in a local correctional facility or a ward confined in a juvenile hall, ranch, camp, or forestry camp is found to be in possession of a cellular telephone, wireless communication device, or any component thereof, upon being searched or subjected to a metal detector, that device is subject to confiscation and would be returned the same day, except as specified. The bill would require that a notice to that effect be posted in each area where visitors are searched prior to visiting with an inmate or ward. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would prohibit, except as specified, a city or county from accessing data or communications that have been captured using available technology from unauthorized use of a wireless communication device, capturing data or communications from an authorized wireless communication device, and accessing data or communications that have bene captured using available technology from an authorized wireless communication device. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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This measure would proclaim the month of March 2014 as Drug Abuse Awareness Month in California, and encourage all citizens to participate in prevention programs and activities, and to pledge to "Spread the Word ... One Pill Can Kill."
This measure would designate April 7, 2014, as DMV/Donate Life California Day in the State of California and the month of April 2014, as DMV/Donate Life California Month in the State of California, and would encourage all Californians to sign up with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
This measure would recognize the Persian New Year celebration.
This measure would declare the last week of March every year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
This measure would designate March 2014 as Irish American Heritage Month in honor of the multitude of contributions that Irish Americans have made to the country and state.
This measure would designate the week of April 20 to 26, 2014, as "California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," and would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to observe the California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide by participating in the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Project.
This measure would proclaim March 26, 2014, as Purple Day to increase epilepsy awareness.
This measure would proclaim the Legislature's support for the extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program and would memorialize the United States Congress to promptly renew the extension of unemployment benefits.
This measure would memorialize the Congress and President of the United States to restore federal funding cuts, due to sequestration, to senior nutrition programs, and to declare senior nutrition services and programs exempt from further budget cuts.