Governor Signs AB 1532 Into Law!

To All Members:

I am very pleased to tell you that Assembly Bill 1532, which was sponsored by CACEO, was signed into law yesterday by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. This legislation, which was authored by Assembly Member Ted Lieu, codifies – for the first time in California – a definition of code enforcement officers and their functions. CACEO has been working for the last two years to get this important legislation signed into law.

Assembly Bill 1532 is an important building block in our efforts to enhance the professionalism of code enforcement, secure state and federal funding for code enforcement functions, obtain enactment of further legislation that will increase protections for code enforcement officers, set training standards for various code enforcement functions, and solidify the place of code enforcement in the array of public safety services performed by local governments.

I want to thank all CACEO members who took the time to contact key Legislators as Assembly Bill 1532 was moving through the Legislature, your contacts played a major role in securing passage of this important bill.

Sincerely,

Chris Wiggins
President

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