(a) The following persons are not peace officers but may exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer as specified in Section 836 and the power to serve warrants as specified in Sections 1523 and 1530 during the course and within the scope of their employment, if they receive a course in the exercise of those powers pursuant to Section 832. The authority and powers of the persons designated under this section shall extend to any place in the state:
(1) Persons employed by the Department of Business Oversight designated by the Commissioner of Business Oversight, provided that the primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of, and investigations relating to, the provisions of law administered by the Commissioner of Business Oversight.
(2) Persons employed by the Bureau of Real Estate designated by the Real Estate Commissioner, provided that the primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of the laws set forth in Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) and Part 2 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code. The Real Estate Commissioner may designate persons under this section, who at the time of their designation, are assigned to the Special Investigations Unit, internally known as the Crisis Response Team.
(3) Persons employed by the State Lands Commission designated by the executive officer, provided that the primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of the law relating to the duties of the State Lands Commission.
(4) Persons employed as investigators of the Investigations Bureau of the Department of Insurance, who are designated by the Chief of the Investigations Bureau, provided that the primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of the Insurance Code and other laws relating to persons and businesses, licensed and unlicensed by the Department of Insurance, who are engaged in the business of insurance.
(5) Persons employed as investigators and investigator supervisors by the Public Utilities Commission, who are designated by the commission’s executive director and approved by the commission, provided that the primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section 308.5 of the Public Utilities Code.
(6) (A) Persons employed by the State Board of Equalization, Investigations Division, who are designated by the board’s executive director, provided that the primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of laws administered by the State Board of Equalization.
(B) Persons designated pursuant to this paragraph are not entitled to peace officer retirement benefits.
(7) Persons employed by the Department of Food and Agriculture and designated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture as investigators, investigator supervisors, and investigator managers, provided that the primary duty of these persons shall be enforcement of, and investigations relating to, the Food and Agricultural Code or Division 5 (commencing with Section 12001) of the Business and Professions Code.
(8) The Inspector General and those employees of the Office of the Inspector General as designated by the Inspector General, provided that the primary duty of those persons shall be the enforcement of the law relating to the duties of the Office of the Inspector General.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons designated pursuant to this section may not carry firearms.
(c) Persons designated pursuant to this section shall be included as “peace officers of the state” under paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 11105 for the purpose of receiving state summary criminal history information and shall be furnished that information on the same basis as peace officers of the state designated in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 11105.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 3. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018