AB 739,
as amended, Salas. begin deletePeace officers: deputy coroners. end deletebegin insertCoroners.end insert
Existing law generally sets forth the duties of a coroner. Existing law specifically requires a coroner to hold an inquest under certain circumstances and authorizes a coroner holding an inquest to, among other things, issue subpoenas.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would, for purposes relating to the duty of a coroner to hold an inquest, provide that a coroner’s appointed deputy or authorized deputy shall include a deputy coroner or part-time or volunteer personnel of the coroner’s office, as specified.
end insertExisting law prescribes the powers and authority of peace officers, and provides that, among other peace officers, a coroner and deputy coroners, who are regularly employed and paid in that capacity, are peace officers if their primary duties are within certain specified duties pertaining to inquests, as specified. Existing law establishes the extent of the authority of these peace officers, and provides that those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
end deleteThis bill would include within the definition of peace officer describing coroner and deputy coroner, part-time and volunteer personnel who perform the duties of a deputy coroner, as specified, if those part-time and volunteer personnel meet the same background, training, and certification requirements established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for regularly employed deputy coroners.
end deleteVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 27513 is added to the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert,
2to read:end insert
For purposes of this article only, a coroner’s appointed
4deputy or authorized deputy shall include the following:
5(a) Any deputy coroner who is regularly employed and paid in
6that capacity.
7(b) Any part-time or volunteer personnel of the coroner’s office
8who meets the same background, training, and certification
9requirements established by the Commission on Peace Officer
10Standards and Training for regularly employed deputy coroners.
Section 830.35 of the Penal Code is amended to
12read:
The following persons are peace officers whose
14authority extends to any place in the state for the purpose of
15performing their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant
16to Section 836 as to any public offense with respect to which there
17is immediate danger to person or property, or of the escape of the
18perpetrator of that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of
19the Government Code. Those peace officers may carry firearms
20only if authorized and under terms and conditions specified by
21their employing agency.
22(a) A welfare fraud investigator or inspector, regularly employed
23and paid in that capacity by a county, if the primary duty of the
24peace officer is the enforcement of the provisions of the Welfare
25and Institutions Code.
26(b) A child support investigator or inspector, regularly employed
27and paid in that capacity by a district attorney’s office, if the
P3 1primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the
2provisions of the Family Code and Section 270.
3(c) The coroner and deputy coroners, regularly employed and
4paid in that capacity, of a county, if the primary duty of the peace
5officer are those duties set forth in Sections 27469 and 27491 to
627491.4, inclusive, of the Government Code, and any part-time or
7volunteer personnel performing those duties of a deputy coroner,
8if those part-time and volunteer personnel meet the same
9
background, training, and certification requirements established
10by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for
11regularly employed deputy coroners.
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