Bill Text: CA AB320 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: County jails: reentry facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-01-14 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB320 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB320-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 320	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 23, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Fuentes)
   (Coauthors: Senators Benoit and Huff)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2009

   An act to amend Section 15820.917 of the Government Code, relating
to county jails.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 320, Solorio. County jails: reentry facilities.
   Existing law provides state financing for construction of county
jails, subject to matching funds from counties, as specified.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation and the Corrections Standards Authority to give
funding preference for those purposes to counties that assist the
state in siting reentry facilities, as specified.
   This bill would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation and the Corrections Standards Authority to give
coequal funding preference to counties that assist the state in
either siting reentry facilities or providing existing beds and
program space in county jails for use as reentry facilities. The bill
would provide that a county interested in providing reentry services
to state inmates shall be required to enter into a long-term
agreement with the department to provide those services and that the
department shall certify that the proposed reentry services meet its
approval.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 15820.917 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15820.917.  (a) Participating county matching funds for projects
funded under this chapter shall be a minimum of 25 percent of the
total project costs. The Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) may
reduce matching fund requirements for participating counties with a
general population below 200,000 upon petition by a participating
county to the CSA requesting a lower level of matching funds.
   (b) (1) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
and CSA shall give coequal funding preference to counties that assist
the state in either siting reentry facilities or, subject to the
requirements of paragraph (3), providing beds and program space in
county jails for use as reentry facilities for prison inmates
pursuant to Chapter 9.8 (commencing with Section 6270) of Title 7 of
Part 3 of the Penal Code.
   (2) A county interested in providing reentry services to state
inmates shall be required to enter into a long-term agreement with
the CDCR to provide those services and the CDCR shall certify that
the proposed reentry services meet their approval and the
requirements of this subdivision.
   (3) If the following requirements are met, a county shall be
eligible for funding preference pursuant to this subdivision for
providing beds and program space in county jails for use as reentry
facilities for prison inmates:
   (A) The beds and programs meet the reentry program facility
requirements of Section 6272 of the Penal Code.
   (B) The CDCR develops the collaborative partnership with local
government, local law enforcement, and community service providers as
required in Section 6273 of the Penal Code.
   (C) The minimum number of beds in county jails to be used as
reentry facilities for prison inmates shall be as follows:
   (i) Any county with a general population at or above 500,000 shall
provide 500 jail beds to be designated and used exclusively as a
reentry facility for prison inmates.
   (ii) Any county with a general population below 500,000 shall
provide at least as many jail beds to be used as a reentry facility
for prison inmates as there are county jail beds funded under this
chapter to be used for county jail inmates.
   (D) Counties may meet the requirements of this paragraph with
existing jail beds, future jail beds to be constructed with funding
made available under this chapter, or a combination thereof.
   (c) The CDCR shall give funding preference to counties that assist
the state in siting mental health day treatment and crisis care,
pursuant to Section 3073 of the Penal Code, and to counties that
provide a continuum of care so that parolees with mental health and
substance abuse needs can continue to receive services at the
conclusion of their period of parole.