Amendment No. 1042

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 239 Third Reprint (BDR 14-61)

Proposed by: Senator Washington

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 991.

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 2, page 2, between lines 23 and 24, by inserting:

"6. The following facts must not be considered as evidence of negligence or causation in any civil action brought against a nonprofit agency:

(a) The fact that the nonprofit agency did not apply for a grant of money from the account.

(b) The fact that the nonprofit agency did not request that the central repository, through the use of the account, determine whether a volunteer or prospective volunteer of the nonprofit agency has committed a sexual offense.".

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to volunteers; creating a revolving account to pay the costs of the central repository to process requests from nonprofit agencies to determine whether a volunteer who works directly with children has committed a sexual offense; authorizing state and local governmental agencies to establish forms and procedures for persons to make donations to the account while they are transacting business with the governmental agency; providing that the decision by a nonprofit agency not to use the account must not be considered as evidence of negligence or causation in a civil action brought against the agency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

"SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning background checks of volunteers. (BDR 14-61)".