BILL NUMBER: AB 179	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Caballero   ) 
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Negrete McLeod   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2009

    An act to add Section 290.024 to the Penal Code, relating
to sex offender registration.   An act relating to
taxation. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 179, as amended, Portantino.  Sex offender
registration: e-mail addresses.   Income and corporation
taxes: report.  
   The Franchise Tax Board, among other things, administers the
Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law.  
   This bill would require the board to report to the Legislature
specified information relating to corporations, entities, or
individuals receiving tax exemptions, deductions, credits, and credit
carryovers, as provided.  
   Existing law requires a person convicted of any specified sex
offenses to register as a sex offender and provide specified
information to law enforcement agencies. That information is kept at
the location where the offender registered and transmitted to the
Department of Justice where it is electronically stored in the
Violent Crime Information Network (VCIN), as specified. 

   This bill would provide that, beginning January 1, 2011, the
Department of Justice shall study the feasibility and value of
requiring every person who must register as a sex offender to include
in the information provided by the person all e-mail addresses and
instant message addresses he or she uses, or intends to use, to
communicate over the Internet. This bill would require the department'
s study to include a determination of the value and feasibility of
incorporating this information in the VCIN. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    (a) The Franchise Tax Board shall
report to the Legislature the names of any corporation, entity, or
individual that receives any exemption, deduction, credit, credit
adjustment, or credit carryover under the Personal Income Tax Law or
the Corporation Tax Law, or both, that results in a reduction of tax
liability of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more. The report
shall include all of the following:  
   (1) The name of the corporation, individual, or entity.  

   (2) The specific exemption, deduction, credit, credit adjustment,
or credit carryover that results in a one million dollar ($1,000,000)
or more reduction of tax liability.  
   (3) The amount of reduction in tax liability for each category
specified in paragraph (2).  
   (b) The report shall be a public document and shall be made
available by publication and on the Internet.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 290.024 is added to the
Penal Code, to read:
   290.024.  Beginning January 1, 2011, the Department of Justice
shall study the feasibility and value of requiring every person who
must register pursuant to Section 290 to include in the information
provided by the person all e-mail addresses and instant message
addresses he or she uses, or intends to use, to communicate over the
Internet. The Department of Justice study shall include a
determination of the value and feasibility of incorporating this
information in the Violent Crime Information Network (VCIN).