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95-052 RESOLUTION NO. 95R- 52 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AFFIRMING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF PENAL CODE SECTIONS 7500 ET SEQ. RELATING TO HIV TESTING OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE OPERATIVE IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM WHEREAS, the public peace, health and safety are endangered by the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) within correctional and detention facilities; and WHEREAS, the spread of AIDS presents a grave danger to law enforcement personnel who come into contact with arrestees and prisoners infected with the AIDS virus; and WHEREAS, law enforcement personnel are particularly vulnerable to this danger because of assaults and other violent acts to which they are exposed in the course of their duties; and WHEREAS, the protection of the health and safety of law enforcement personnel is of great importance to the people of the City of Anaheim; and WHEREAS, the testing of individuals in custody of law enforcement, as described in Title 8 of Part 3 of the Penal Code, for evidence of infection by the HIV virus, AIDS or AIDS-related complex would help provide a level of information necessary for effective disease control within custodial institutions and would help preserve the health of law enforcement personnel, inmates and the public at large; and WHEREAS, such testing would be undertaken only in those cases deemed appropriate by the county health officer and in compliance with all legal requirements, including those provisions pertaining to the confidentiality of test results. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city Council of the City of Anaheim that the provisions of Title 8 of Part 3 of the Penal Code (sections 7500 et seq.) regarding medical testing of persons designated therein for infection by the HIV virus, AIDS or AIDS-related complex, shall be operative in the City of Anaheim. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 4th day of April , 1995. ATTEST:?--~ CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM 11323.1\EEGAN\Harch 27, 1995 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 95R-52 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 4th day of April, 1995, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: Tait, Lopez, Zemel, Feldhaus, Daly NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 95R-52 on the 4th day of April, 1995. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 4th day of April, 1995. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 95R-52 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim on April 4, 1995. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM