SB271

3/1/21 TriValley Dems special meeting

SB271 - Judith Stacey

SB 271, as introduced, Wiener. County sheriffs: eligibility requirements.

The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for an elected county sheriff in each county. Existing statutory law specifies that a person is not eligible to become a candidate for the office of sheriff in a county unless the person has an advanced certificate issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training or meets a combination of certain educational degree and full-time, salaried law enforcement experience requirements, as specified. Existing law deems a person holding the office of sheriff on January 1, 1989, to have met those qualifications.

This bill would repeal those eligibility provisions, and would make other conforming changes.

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