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. (a) As a condition for participation in the Cal Grant
Program established pursuant to Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section
96430) of Part 42, the governing board of each community college
district, the Trustees of the California State University, the
Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of
each private and independent postsecondary institution shall, on or
before July 1, 2015, adopt and implement written policies and
procedures to ensure that any report of a Part 1 violent crime,
sexual assault, or hate crime, committed on or off campus, received
by a campus security authority, as defined pursuant to Section 668.46
of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section
existed on May 15, 2014, and made by the victim for purposes of
notifying the institution or law enforcement, is immediately, or as
soon as practicably possible, forwarded to the appropriate law
enforcement agency.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 6254 of the
Government Code, the report shall be forwarded to the appropriate law
enforcement agency without identifying the victim, unless the victim
consents to being identified after the victim has been informed of
his or her right to have his or her personally identifying
information withheld.
(c) For purposes of this section, the appropriate law enforcement
agency shall be a campus law enforcement agency if one has been
established on the campus where the report was made. If no campus law
enforcement agency has been established, the report shall be
immediately, or as soon as practicably possible, forwarded to a local
law enforcement agency.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Hate crime" means any offense as described in Section 422.55
of the Penal Code.
(2) "Local law enforcement agency" means a city or county law
enforcement agency with operational responsibilities for police
services in the community in which a campus is located.
(3) "On or off campus" means the campus and any noncampus building
or property as defined in Section 668.46 of Title 34 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, as that section existed on May 15, 2014.
(4) "Part 1 violent crime" means willful homicide, forcible rape,
robbery, or aggravated assault, as defined in the Uniform Crime
Reporting Handbook of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(5) "Sexual assault" includes, but is not limited to, rape, forced
sodomy, forced oral copulation, rape by a foreign object, sexual
battery, or the threat of any of these.
(e) The requirements of this section shall not constitute a waiver
of, or exception to, any law providing for the confidentiality of
information.