Corrections: Board of Community Corrections.

Existing law provides that there is established within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the Corrections Standards Authority and provides for its membership, as specified. Existing law abolished the former Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training and provided that all references to it shall refer to the Corrections Standards Authority. This bill would abolish the Corrections Standards Authority and establish the Board of Community Corrections to replace it, with modifications to its membership, as specified. The bill would specify that the Board of Community Corrections shall be an entity independent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The bill would repeal provisions that abolished the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training and reestablish, within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training, as specified, and make conforming changes. Existing law provides that it is the duty of the Corrections Standards Authority to make a study of the entire subject of crime, as specified, and to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature at such times as they may require. This bill would make this study the duty of the Board of Community Corrections and make certain revisions in regards to what that study is to include. This bill would take effect on July 1, 2010.