Bill Text: CA AB1053 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Juveniles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2009. [AB1053 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1053-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1053	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section  1766.3   1766.2 
to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1053, as amended, Solorio. Juveniles.
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections  and
Rehabilitation  , Division of Juvenile  Justice
  Facilities  , not less than 30 days prior to the
scheduled parole consideration hearing of a ward eligible for release
on parole on or after September 1, 2007, as specified, to notify the
ward of the date and location of the parole consideration hearing.
Existing law provides that the ward has the right to contact his or
her parent or guardian to inform the parent or guardian of the date
and location of the parole consideration hearing, and to inform other
persons identified by the ward who are considered by the division as
likely to contribute to a ward's preparation for the parole
consideration hearing or the ward's postrelease success. An
appropriate staff person is required, on specified occasions, to
explain these rights to the ward. The committing court is required,
within 15 court days of the release by the division of the ward, to
convene a reentry disposition hearing for the ward to identify those
conditions of probation that are appropriate under all the
circumstances of the case, including incorporating a reentry plan.
The county of commitment is required to supervise the reentry of
those wards. However, none of these provisions apply to a ward who
was committed to the custody of the division for specified offenses,
including murder, kidnapping, and certain sex offenses.
   This bill would require the division to place  each ward
  all applic   able wards, as defined,  in
its custody on supervised parole within  the period of 
 90   120  to  120  
90  days prior to  discharge from custody, as specified.
The bill would require the division to provide prerelease planning
to all wards to facilitate their transition into the community and to
aid the Division of Juvenile Parole Operations in promptly
connecting wards with necessary services, resources, and placements
upon parole   reaching the date of discharge, as
specified, or the period of 120 to 90 days prior to completion of the
maximum period of confinement, as specified, whichever comes first
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   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 1766.2 is added to the 
 Welfare and Institutions Code   , to read:  
   1766.2.  (a) All applicable wards shall be placed on supervised
parole within the period of 120 to 90 days prior to the date of
discharge from a Division of Juvenile Facilities institution pursuant
to Sections 1769, 1770, or 1771, or within the period of 120 to 90
days prior to completion of the maximum period of confinement
pursuant to Section 731, whichever comes first.
   (b) For the purpose of this section, "applicable wards" is defined
as youth who are confined in Division of Juvenile Facilities
institutions 120 days prior to reaching the date of discharge
pursuant to Sections 1769, 1770, or 1771, or 120 days prior to
completion of the maximum period of confinement pursuant to Section
731.  
  SECTION 1.   Section 1766.3 is added to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
   1766.3.  (a) Each ward committed to the custody of the Division of
Juvenile Facilities shall be placed on supervised parole within 90
to 120 days prior to discharge from custody pursuant to Section 1176,
1766, 1769, 1770, or 1771.
   (b) The division shall provide prerelease planning to all wards to
facilitate their transition into the community and to aid the
Division of Juvenile Parole Operations in promptly connecting wards
with necessary services, resources, and placements upon parole.