CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 2495

Introduced by Assembly Members Mayes and Eduardo Garcia

February 14, 2018

An act to add Section 688.5 to the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2495, as introduced, Mayes. Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances.
Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions.
This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, from charging a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 688.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

688.5.
 A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.