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All American Bail Bonds Shares Info On New Crime Laws

Posted by: Jessica Boyer in Bail Bonds, Santa Clarita Latest News December 3, 2014 - 11:00 am 0 186 Views

Ed. Note: The following content was provided by All American Bail Bonds who is a client of KHTS AM-1220.

California Legislative members have added new crime laws that will take and have recently taken effect.

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“There are a few new laws to be aware of,” said Inessa Chavez, vice president of All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita. “We want our valued clients to know what the new laws are and how they work.”

Agents at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita work with numerous laws to help their clients.

Here are a few new crime-related laws for California that officials at All American Bail Bonds in Santa Clarita may have to work with:

Assembly Bill 4	Immigration Detainment	Existing federal law authorizes any authorized immigration officer to issue an immigration detainer that advises another law enforcement agency that the federal department seeks custody of an alien presently in the custody of that agency, for the purpose of arresting and removing the alien, according to the California Legislative Information website. This bill would prohibit a law enforcement official from detaining an individual on the basis of a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold after that individual becomes eligible for release from custody unless the individual has been convicted of specified crimes.
Senate Bill 260	Youth offender parole hearings	Existing law provides that the a prisoner’s sentence can be recommended to be recalled, and that a court may recall a prisoner’s sentence for a defendant who was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of a crime has served at least 15 years of his or her sentence, according to the California Legislative Information website. This bill would require the Board of Parole Hearings to conduct a youth offender parole hearing to consider release of offenders who committed specified crimes prior to being 18 years of age and who were sentenced to state prison.
Senate Bill 618	Wrongful convictions	Existing law provides that any person who, having been convicted of any crime against the state amounting to a felony and imprisoned in the state prison for that conviction, is granted a pardon by the Governor for specified reasons, and having served the term or any part thereof for which he or she was imprisoned, may present a claim against the state to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the pecuniary injury sustained by him or her through the erroneous conviction and imprisonment, according to the California Legislative Information website. This bill would extend those provisions to a person who was incarcerated in county jail for a felony conviction.
Senate Bill 569	Reduce false confessions by juveniles charged with homicide	Minors accused of homicide would have greater protections from coerced confessions because key law enforcement interviews would be videotaped, according Senator Ted W. Lieu’s website.
Labor Code Section 432.9	Employment applicant’s disclosure of crimes	A state or local agency shall not ask an applicant for employment to disclose, orally or in writing, information concerning the conviction history of the applicant, including any inquiry about conviction history on any employment application, until the agency has determined the applicant meets the minimum employment qualifications, as stated in any notice issued for the position, according to the California Legislative Information website.
Assembly Bill 60	Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants	The new law requires the DMV to issue driver licenses to all individuals, regardless of their immigration status, who can prove identity, California residence and meet all other licensing requirements such as passing the driver license knowledge test and behind-the-wheel driving exams, according to a news release. State law requires motorists to prove identity and legal presence to obtain a driver license. Under AB 60, motorists who cannot prove legal presence must prove identity and California residency—and pass the required vision test, driver license knowledge test, and the behind-the-wheel drive test—to obtain a license.