text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to the provisions of this section, the Director of the Youth Authority may transfer to and cause to be confined within the custody of the Director of Corrections any person 18 years of age or older who is subject to the custody, control, and discipline of the Department of the Youth Authority and who is scheduled to be returned, or has been returned, to the Department of the Youth Authority from the Department of Corrections after serving a sentence imposed pursuant to Section 1170 of the Penal Code for a felony that was committed while he or she was in the custody of the Department of the Youth Authority.

(b) No person shall be transferred pursuant to this section until and unless the person voluntarily, intelligently, and knowingly executes a written consent to the transfer, which shall be irrevocable.

(c) Prior to being returned to the Youth Authority, a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections who is scheduled to be returned to the Department of the Youth Authority shall meet personally with a Youth Authority parole agent or other appropriate Department of the Youth Authority staff member. The parole agent or staff member shall explain, using language clearly understandable to the person, all of the following matters:

(1) What will be expected from the person when he or she returns to a Youth Authority institution in terms of cooperative daily living conduct and participation in applicable counseling, academic, vocational, work experience, or specialized programming.

(2) The conditions of parole applicable to the person, and how those conditions will be monitored and enforced while the person is in the custody of the Youth Authority.

(3) The person’s right under this section to voluntarily and irrevocably consent to continue to be housed in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections instead of being returned to the Youth Authority.

(d) A person who has been returned to the Youth Authority after serving a sentence described in subdivision (a) may be transferred to the custody of the Department of Corrections if the person consents to the transfer after having been provided with the explanations described in subdivision (c).

(e) If a Youth Authority person consents to being housed in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections pursuant to this section, he or she shall be subject to the general rules and regulations of the Department of Corrections. The Youth Authority Board shall continue to determine the person’s eligibility for parole at the same intervals, in the same manner, and under the same standards and criteria that would be applicable if the person were confined in the Department of the Youth Authority. However, the board shall not order or recommend any treatment, education, or other programming that is unavailable in the institution where the person is housed, and shall not deny parole to a person housed in the institution based solely on the person’s failure to participate in programs unavailable to the person.

(f) Any person housed in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections pursuant to this section who has not attained a high school diploma or its equivalent shall participate in educational or vocational programs, to the extent the appropriate programs are available.

(g) Upon notification by the Director of Corrections that the person should be no longer be housed in an institution under its jurisdiction, the Department of the Youth Authority shall immediately send for, take, and receive the person back into an institution under its jurisdiction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 26. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


kind: section

code: WIC

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, immediately prior to closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice, a person 18 years of age or older who is subject to the custody, control, and discipline of the division and who has been sentenced to state prison pursuant to Section 1170 of the Penal Code for a felony committed while the person was in the custody of the division may voluntarily remain in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to complete the remaining juvenile court commitment, subject to the provisions of this section, or may be returned to the county of commitment.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, immediately prior to closure of the division, a person 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to Section 1732.8 may voluntarily remain in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to complete the person’s juvenile court commitment, subject to the provisions of this section.

(c) As soon as possible, the director of the division shall notify the juvenile court of commitment, juvenile counsel of record, and the county probation agency of a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to Section 1732.8 of this code or Section 1170 of the Penal Code for a felony committed while in the custody of the division, that the person has remaining juvenile court commitment time that can be voluntarily served at an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, subject to the provisions of the section. The division shall also notify the juvenile court of commitment of the youth’s most recent projected board hearing date for court consideration.

(d) Prior to deciding whether to serve the remaining commitment time in the state prison or be returned to the county of commitment, a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to Section 1732.8 who is scheduled to be returned to the county shall meet personally with a probation officer from the county of commitment and be advised by juvenile counsel of record. The probation officer shall explain, using language clearly understandable to the person, all of the following matters:

(1) What will be expected from the person when the person returns to county jurisdiction, in terms of cooperative daily living conduct and participation in applicable counseling, academic, vocational, work experience, or specialized programming.

(2) The conditions of probation applicable to the person, if set by the court, and how those conditions will be monitored and enforced.

(3) The person’s right, under this section, to voluntarily and irrevocably consent to continue to be housed in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation instead of being returned to county custody.

(e) A person shall not be retained at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to this section until and unless the person voluntarily, intelligently, and knowingly executes a written consent to the placement, which shall be irrevocable. This consent shall be irrevocable unless the youth can demonstrate that they are in danger of suffering great bodily harm. A youth returned to the county under this subdivision shall not be subsequently returned to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

(f) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who has been returned to the county after serving a sentence imposed pursuant to Section 1170 of the Penal Code for a felony committed while the person was in the custody of the division, may be transferred to the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation if the person consents to the transfer after having been provided with the explanations described in subdivision (d), and after consulting with the juvenile counsel of record.

(g) If a person consents to being housed in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to this section, the person shall be subject to the general rules and regulations of the department. The juvenile court of commitment shall continue to have jurisdiction over the juvenile case while the individual is in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The county probation department shall, with the assistance of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provide semiannual status reports to the court that summarize the person’s progress in the department’s care. However, the court shall not order or recommend any treatment, education, or other programming that is unavailable in the institution where the person is housed, and shall not deny release to a person housed in the institution based solely on the person’s failure to participate in programs that were unavailable to the person.

(h) A person housed in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to this section who has not attained a high school diploma or its equivalent shall participate in educational or vocational programs, to the extent the appropriate programs are available.

(i) Upon notification by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that the person has completed the juvenile court commitment and should no longer be housed in an institution under its jurisdiction, the court of commitment shall immediately send for, take, and receive the person back into the county’s jurisdiction.

(j) The county of commitment shall not be charged by the state for a person in custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to this section while serving the person’s juvenile court commitment.

(k) This section shall only apply to a person described in subdivision (a) or (b) who is in the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation when the division closes. Additional persons shall not be subject to this section.

(l) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 223. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)

division: 2.5. YOUTHS

chapter: 1. The Youth Authority

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority

path: 2.5. YOUTHS > 1. The Youth Authority > 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, unless the committing court orders an alternative placement, upon closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice, the State Department of State Hospitals shall continue to provide evaluation, care, and treatment of state hospital patients referred by the division pursuant to Section 1756 and Interagency Agreement 21-00189, or a predecessor agreement, until clinical discharge, as defined in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) is recommended by the State Department of State Hospitals, or until the patient referred by the division reaches the hospitalization release date in subdivision (e). When discharge is clinically indicated, the State Department of State Hospitals shall notify the juvenile court of commitment, juvenile counsel of record, the probation department, and the behavioral health department. The State Department of State Hospitals shall collaborate with county probation and behavioral health to ensure continuity of care. The division shall provide contact information for the committing court, juvenile counsel of record, and related probation department for all patients in the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals upon enactment of this section and any youth placed at the State Department of State Hospitals prior to closure of the division.

(b) Notwithstanding the confidentiality provision for information and records set forth under Section 5328, for any youth referred by the division who remains a patient after closure of the division, the State Department of State Hospitals shall do the following:

(1) Collaborate with the county probation department and behavioral health department prior to the expected discharge from the state hospital to assist the county in determining the least restrictive legal alternative placement for the youth.

(2) Provide the court, juvenile counsel of record, and county probation department, upon closure of the division and annually thereafter, a copy of the finalized treatment plan specifying the youth’s goals of hospitalization, assessed needs, and how the staff will assist the youth to achieve the goals and objectives.

(3) Notify the juvenile court of commitment, juvenile counsel of record, and county probation as soon as safely possible, but no later than 24 hours following any of the following:

(A) A suicide or serious attempted suicide.

(B) A serious injury or battery, with or without a weapon.

(C) An alleged sexual assault.

(D) An escape or attempted escape.

(4) Provide county probation, biannually, a synopsis of behavioral incidences, including, but not limited to, self-harm, assault, contraband, and property damage.

(5) Notify the committing court, juvenile counsel of record, and the county probation department if a youth refuses to consent to clinically necessary medication treatment and provide the court with the clinical records and testimony necessary for the court to consider an order for involuntary medication administration. Notwithstanding any other law, the State Department of State Hospitals shall utilize the process outlined in Section 4210 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations and In re Qawi (2004) 32.Cal.4th.1 to obtain involuntary medication orders.

(6) Notify individuals covered by a youth’s medical release of information, the juvenile counsel of record, the juvenile committing court, and the county probation department within 24 hours of the youth being hospitalized for a serious medical condition.

(7) Notify the youth’s next of kin on record, juvenile counsel of record, the juvenile committing court, and the county probation department of the county of commitment within 24 hours, and the local county coroner and local law enforcement agencies within two hours, of the discovery of death when a youth dies during hospitalization at a state hospital, or if the death occurred immediately following transfer from a state hospital to a community medical facility.

(8) Notify the juvenile committing court, the juvenile counsel of record, and probation department if it believes the youth requires conservatorship upon discharge. For continuity of care, the State Department of State Hospitals shall accommodate any necessary access to the youth or medical records as needed for arranging conservatorship.

(9) Notify the juvenile court of commitment, juvenile counsel of record, and the county probation department when the youth is ready to discharge to the county based on the following:

(A) When the youth has improved to a degree that further hospitalization is unnecessary, or the primary illness or problem for which hospitalization was required is in substantial remission, and the remaining symptoms are those of a disorder for which hospitalization in a state hospital is not clinically necessary.

(B) When further hospitalization is unnecessary, not clinically appropriate, and will provide no further benefit.

(C) When a court has ordered an alternative placement.

(D) When the youth has reached the hospitalization release date described in subdivision (e).

(10) Provide a written discharge summary and all other pertinent medical and mental health data to the receiving juvenile court of commitment, juvenile counsel of record, and county probation department.

(c) For a youth remaining a patient in a state hospital pursuant to this section, the probation department shall do all of the following:

(1) Upon notification of discharge criteria having been met from the State Department of State Hospitals, find a placement for the patient within 45 days.

(2) Provide transportation to court appearances and from the state hospital to the county designated placement within 7 calendar days of the discharge date.

(3) Reimburse the State Department of State Hospitals for any off-site medical or surgical health care expense, if services could not be provided by the State Department of State Hospitals and prior approval was received from the county, except in cases of emergency.

(d) The county of commitment shall not be charged by the state for a person placed in a state hospital by the division prior to closure pursuant to Section 1756 or Interagency Agreement 21-00189 or a predecessor agreement, during this placement.

(e) A person in a state hospital under the provisions of Section 1756 or this section shall be released and discharged to the county of commitment no later than the person’s maximum juvenile confinement time, as determined by Section 607 and all other provisions of law.

(f) Immediately prior to closure, the division shall notify the juvenile court of commitment and the juvenile counsel of record of the youth’s most recent projected board hearing date for court consideration.

(g) This section shall only apply to the youth referred by the division prior to closure who remain a patient in a state hospital after closure of the division. Additional youth shall not be subject to this section.

(h) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 771, Sec. 22. (AB 160) Effective September 29, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1733

text: Nothing in this chapter prevents a court from revoking or suspending any license issued to the defendant under any law of this State where such revocation or suspension is otherwise provided for.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1735

text: If the court sentences a person under 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension to the payment of a fine and the fine is not paid, the court may either remit the fine in whole or in part, or commit him to confinement for a length of time permitted by the statutes relating to imprisonment for failure to pay fines. But such confinement may be only in a place approved by the Authority.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd [1st] Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1736

text: The juvenile court may in its discretion commit persons subject to its jurisdiction to the authority, and the authority may in its discretion accept such commitments.

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1737

text:
When a person has been committed to the custody of the authority, if it is deemed warranted by a diagnostic study and recommendation approved by the director, the judge who ordered the commitment or, if the judge is not available, the presiding judge of the court, within 120 days of the date of commitment on his or her own motion, or the court, at any time thereafter upon recommendation of the director, may recall the commitment previously ordered and resentence the person as if he or she had not previously been sentenced. The time served while in custody of the authority shall be credited toward the term of any person resentenced pursuant to this section.

As used in this section, “time served while in custody of the authority” means the period of time during which the person was physically confined in a state institution by order of the Department of the Youth Authority or the Youth Authority Board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 27. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


text:
Whenever any person who has been convicted of a public offense in adult court and committed to and accepted by the Department of the Youth Authority appears to be an improper person to be retained by the department, or to be so incorrigible or so incapable of reformation under the discipline of the department as to render his or her detention detrimental to the interests of the department and the other persons committed thereto, the department may order the return of that person to the committing court. The court may then commit the person to a state prison or sentence him or her to a county jail as provided by law for punishment of the offense of which he or she was convicted. The maximum term of imprisonment for a person committed to a state prison under this section shall be a period equal to the maximum term prescribed by law for the offense of which he or she was convicted less the period during which he or she was under the control of the department. This section shall not apply to commitments from juvenile court.

As used in this section “period during which he or she was under the control of the department” means the period of time during which he or she was physically confined in a state institution by order of the department or the Youth Authority Board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 28. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


text: A commitment to the Authority is a judgment within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Title 8 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, and is appealable.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 898.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1738

text: When the court commits a person to the authority the court may order him conveyed to some place of detention approved or established by the authority or may direct that he be left at liberty until otherwise ordered by the authority under such conditions as in the court’s opinion will insure his submission to any orders which the authority may issue. No such person shall be transported to any facility under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority until the director has notified the sheriff of the county of the committing court of the place to which said person is to be transported and the time at which he can be received.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1197.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1739

text:
(a) The right of a person who has been convicted of a public offense to a new trial or to an appeal from the judgment of conviction shall not be affected by anything in this chapter.

(b) When a person who has been convicted and committed to the Authority appeals from the conviction, the execution of the commitment to the Authority shall not be stayed by the taking of the appeal except as provided in subsection (c). The person so committed shall remain subject to the control of the Authority, until final disposition of the appeal.

(c) A person convicted and committed to the Authority may be admitted to bail under the provisions of Section 1272 of the Penal Code, or in the discretion of the court, may be left at liberty, under such conditions as in the court’s opinion will insure his cooperation in reasonable expedition of the appellate proceedings and his submission to the control of the Authority at the proper time.

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1740

text: When a court commits a person to the Authority such court shall at once forward to the Authority a certified copy of the order of commitment.

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1741

text:
The judge before whom the person was tried and committed, the district attorney or other official who conducted the prosecution, and the probation officer of the county, shall obtain and with the order of commitment furnish to the authority, in writing, all information that can be given in regard to the career, habits, degree of education, age, nationality, parentage and previous occupations of such person, together with a statement to the best of their knowledge as to whether such person was industrious, and of good character, the nature of his associates and his disposition.

The reports required by this section shall be made upon forms furnished by the authority or according to an outline furnished by it.

When a person has been committed to the authority, the court and the prosecuting and police authorities and other public officials shall make available to the authority all pertinent data in their possession in respect to the case.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 79.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1742

text:
When the juvenile court commits to the Youth Authority a person identified as an individual with exceptional needs, as defined by Section 56026 of the Education Code, the juvenile court, subject to the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 727 and subdivision (b) of Section 737, shall not order the juvenile conveyed to the physical custody of the Youth Authority until the juvenile’s individualized education program previously developed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 56340) of Chapter 4 of Part 30 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code for the individual with exceptional needs, has been furnished to the Department of the Youth Authority.

To facilitate this process the juvenile court shall assure that the probation officer communicates with appropriate staff at the juvenile court school, county office of education, or special education local planning area.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 175, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

article: 3. Commitments to Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1750

text: The Authority is limited in its expenditures to funds specifically made available for its use.

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority

path: 2.5. YOUTHS > 1. The Youth Authority > 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1752

text:
To the extent that necessary funds are available for the purposes, the director may

(a) Establish and operate a treatment and training service and such other services as are proper for the discharge of his duties;

(b) Create administrative districts suitable to the performance of his duties;

(c) Employ and discharge all such persons as may be needed for the proper execution of the duties of the authority. Such employment and discharge shall be in accord with the civil service laws of this state.

Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the maximum age shall be 35 years for any open examination for the position of parole agent I, group supervisor, youth counselor, and other custodial and parole positions which normally afford entry into the Youth Authority service, unless the applicant is already a “state safety” member for the purposes of retirement and disability benefits.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1365. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 1981, Ch. 453.)

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text:
To the extent that necessary funds are available for the purposes the director may:

(a) Establish and operate a treatment and training service and such other services as are proper for the discharge of his duties;

(b) Create administrative districts suitable to the performance of his duties;

(c) Employ and discharge all such persons as may be needed for the proper execution of the duties of the authority. Such employment and discharge shall be in accord with the civil service laws of this state.

Any open examination for the position of parole agent I, group supervisor, youth counselor, and other custodial and parole positions which normally afford entry into the Youth Authority service shall require the demonstration of the physical ability to effectively carry out the duties and responsibilities of the position in a manner which would not inordinately endanger the health or safety of a custodial person or a parolee or the health and safety of others.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 453, Sec. 7. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Sec. 8 of Ch. 453.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text:
(a) The director may enter into contracts with the approval of the Director of Finance with any county of this state, upon request of the board of supervisors thereof, wherein the Division of Juvenile Justice agrees to furnish diagnosis and treatment services and temporary detention during a period of study to the county for selected cases of persons eligible for commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice. The county shall reimburse the state for the cost of those services, the cost to be determined by the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice.

(b) The Division of Juvenile Justice shall present to the county, not more frequently than monthly, a claim for the amount due the state under this section which the county shall process and pay pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 29700) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

(c) The Division of Juvenile Justice shall not accept new cases from the counties pursuant to this section on and after July 1, 2021.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 18, Sec. 17. (SB 92) Effective May 14, 2021.)

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text:
(a) The Division of Juvenile Justice, in partnership with the California Conservation Corps and participating certified local conservation corps, shall develop and establish a precorps transitional training program within the Division of Juvenile Justice. This program shall operate within a facility identified by the Division of Juvenile Justice, with partnering state and local conservation corps responsible for program content, delivery, and administration. This program shall provide participating Division of Juvenile Justice corps members with a training and development program to approximate the experience of serving in a conservation corps, and include opportunities for skill building, job readiness training, community service, and conservation activities. Training shall include, but is not limited to, transferable professional skills known as “soft skills,” social emotional learning, transitional life skills, and conservation jobs skills. Division of Juvenile Justice participants who successfully complete program curriculum shall qualify for a paid full-time placement within a local community corps program, and may be considered for a placement in the California Conservation Corps. This program shall be considered for expansion to additional Division of Juvenile Justice facilities if effective at reducing recidivism among participants.

(b) The Division of Juvenile Justice and the California Conservation Corps shall enter into an interagency agreement to implement this section. The agreement shall include input from participating certified local conservation corps.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 337, Sec. 45. (SB 823) Effective September 30, 2020.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text: The director may, from any moneys made available for such purposes, allocate funds to local governmental and nongovernmental agencies to share in the cost of local correctional programs which are partially financed by federal grants.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 816.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text:
(a) The director shall provide for the development and implementation of a disciplinary matrix with offenses and associated punishments applicable to all department employees, in order to ensure notice and consistency statewide. The disciplinary matrix shall take into account aggravating and mitigating factors for establishing a just and proper penalty for the charged misconduct, as required by the California Supreme Court in Skelly v. State Personnel Board (1975) 15 Cal.3d 194. The presence of aggravating or mitigating factors may result in the imposition of a greater or a lesser penalty than might otherwise be mandated by the disciplinary matrix.

(b) The director shall adopt a code of conduct for all employees of the department.

(c) The director shall ensure that employees who have reported improper governmental activities and who request services from the department are informed of the services available to them.

(d) The department shall post the code of conduct in locations where employee notices are maintained. On July 1, 2005, and annually thereafter, the department shall send by electronic mail to its employees who have authorized access to electronic mail, the following:

(1) Information regarding the code of conduct.

(2) The duty to report misconduct.

(3) How to report misconduct.

(4) The duty to fully cooperate during investigations.

(5) Assurances against retaliation.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 738, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text: The director may establish and maintain at any institution or camp under his jurisdiction a canteen for the sale to persons confined therein of candy, nutritional snacks, toilet articles, sundries, and other articles. The canteen shall operate on a nonprofit basis. However, if sales should exceed costs, the surplus shall be deposited in a special fund, to be designated “Benefit Fund.” Any moneys contained in such fund shall be used for the benefit of the wards resident at the institution or camp.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 798, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2005, by Sec. 9 of Ch. 798.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text: The director may, with the approval of the Director of General Services, enter into contracts with colleges, universities, and other organizations for the purposes of research in the field of delinquency and crime prevention and of training special workers, including teachers, institution employees, probation and parole officers, social workers and others engaged, whether as volunteers or for compensation, and whether part time or full time, in the fields of education, recreation, mental health, and treatment and prevention of delinquency.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 57. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text:
The director may collect statistics and information regarding juvenile delinquency, crimes reported and discovered, arrests made, complaints, informations, and indictments filed and the disposition made thereof, pleas, convictions, acquittals, probations granted or denied, commitments to and transfers and discharges from places of incarceration, and other data and information useful in determining the cause and amount of crime in this State, or in carrying out the powers and duties of the authority.

All officers and employees of the State and of every county and city shall furnish to the director upon request such statistics and other information within their knowledge and control as the director deems necessary or proper to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 639.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text:
The Director of the Youth Authority may deposit any funds of wards committed to the authority in the director’s possession in trust with the Treasurer pursuant to Section 16305.3 of the Government Code or in trust in insured bank, savings and loan, or state or federal credit union accounts bearing interest at rates up to the maximum permitted by law, and for the purpose of deposit only, may mingle the funds of any ward with the funds of other wards.

Such funds together with the interest paid thereon may be paid over to the ward upon his or her request, and shall be paid over to the ward upon his or her discharge from the Youth Authority.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and Section 1752.81, the Youth Authority may assess a ward’s trust fund for actual costs for the ward’s support, maintenance, training and treatment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 715, Sec. 3.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text: The Department of the Youth Authority, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may lease land at any institution under its jurisdiction, at a nominal rental, to any nonprofit or eleemosynary corporation. The terms of the lease shall require the corporation to construct a house of worship on such land, and to maintain and operate the same primarily for the use of Youth Authority wards and staff. All work as an employee on such house of worship performed under contract or by day labor shall be subject to the provisions of Division 2, Part 7, of the Labor Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text:
(a) The director may enter into contracts, with the approval of the Director of Finance, with any county of this state upon request of the board of supervisors thereof, wherein the Division of Juvenile Justice agrees to furnish temporary emergency detention facilities and necessary services incident thereto, for persons under the age of 18 years who are in the custody of the county probation officer pursuant to provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1 of Division 2. Facilities of the department may be used only on a temporary basis when existing county juvenile facilities are rendered unsafe or inadequate because of a natural or manmade disaster, or when the continued presence of the minor or minors in the county juvenile facilities would, in the opinion of the judge of the juvenile court having jurisdiction over the minor, of the chief probation officer of the county, and of the director, present a significant risk of violence or escape. They may not be used for the detention of a person who is alleged to be or has been adjudged to be a person described by Section 300 or Section 601.

(b) Whenever any person is detained in a Division of Juvenile Justice facility located in a county other than the county which has contracted for services pursuant to this section, the county shall provide for adequate consultation between the minor and the minor’s attorney; and, if the minor’s parent or guardian lacks adequate private means of transportation, and if the minor has been detained in the facility for more than 10 days, the county shall make reasonable efforts to provide for visitation between the minor and the minor’s parents or guardian.

(c) The county shall reimburse the state for the cost of these services, the cost to be determined by the director. The department shall present to the county, not more than once a month, a claim for the amount due the state under this section which the county shall process and pay pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 29700) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

(d) The Division of Juvenile Justice shall not accept new cases from the counties pursuant to this section on and after July 1, 2021.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 18, Sec. 18. (SB 92) Effective May 14, 2021.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


text:
(a) The Chief of the Division of Juvenile Facilities, with approval of the Director of Finance, may enter into contracts with any county of this state for the Division of Juvenile Facilities to furnish housing to a ward who was in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Facilities on December 12, 2011, and whose commitment was recalled based on both of the following:

(1) The ward was committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities for the commission of an offense described in subdivision (c) of Section 290.008 of the Penal Code.

(2) The ward has not been adjudged a ward of the court pursuant to Section 602 for commission of an offense described in subdivision (b) of Section 707.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to address the California Supreme Court’s ruling in In re C.H. (2011) 53 Cal.4th 94.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 11010 and 11270 of the Government Code, any county entering into a contract pursuant to this section shall not be required to reimburse the state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 99. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012.)

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text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that wards of the Youth Authority be held accountable for intentional damage and destruction of public property committed while they are confined in Youth Authority facilities. To that end, and notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1752.8 and 1752.81, the Youth Authority may deduct from a ward’s trust fund any amounts that are necessary to pay for intentional damage to public property caused by the ward while confined within an institution or other facility of the Youth Authority.

(b) The Youth Authority shall utilize the procedures in its regulations for disciplinary actions to determine whether the damage or destruction was intentionally caused by the ward and, if so, to determine the amount to be deducted to pay for the damage or destruction.

(c) Funds that are deducted shall remain with the Youth Authority and shall be used to repair or replace the public property damaged or destroyed as provided for in the Budget Act for that fiscal year.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 1752.82 (as added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 494) by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 248.)

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text: The Director of the Youth Authority may authorize the sale of articles of handiwork made by wards under the jurisdiction of the authority to the public at Youth Authority institutions, in public buildings, at fairs, or on property operated by nonprofit associations. The cost of any state property used for the manufacture of articles shall be paid for out of funds received from the sale of the articles. The remainder of any funds received from the sale of the articles shall be placed in the ward’s trust account pursuant to Section 1752.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 803.)

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text:
The director may, from time to time, and as often as occasion may require, but not to exceed two meetings in any one calendar year call into conference the probation officers of the several counties, or such of them as he may deem advisable, for the purpose of discussing the duties of their offices.

The actual and necessary expenses of the probation officer incurred while traveling to and from and while attending the conferences shall be a county charge; provided, prior approval of the board of supervisors has been obtained.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1597.)

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citation: WIC § 1753

text: For the purpose of carrying out its duties, the department is authorized to make use of law enforcement, detention, probation, parole, medical, educational, correctional, segregative and other facilities, institutions and agencies, whether public or private, within the state. The director may enter into agreements with the appropriate public officials for separate care and special treatment in existing institutions of persons subject to the control of the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 860.)

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text:
(a) The Director of the Youth Authority may enter into agreements with any federal agency authorizing the use of the Youth Authority’s facilities and services for the confinement, care and treatment of persons otherwise not under its jurisdiction when suitable facilities and services are available. The costs of the services provided by the Youth Authority shall be borne by the agency referring the person to the Director of the Youth Authority. The Director of the Youth Authority may order the person returned to the agency referring him when suitable facilities or services are not available. Any such person referred to the Youth Authority pursuant to this section shall be subject to its rules and regulations.

(b) As used in this section, “person” means any person under the age of 26 years who is under the jurisdiction of a Federal Correctional Agency pursuant to federal law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 772.)

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text:
(a) The Director of the Youth Authority may enter into an agreement with a city, county, or city and county, to permit transfer of wards in the custody of the Director of the Youth Authority to an appropriate facility of the city, county, or city and county, if the official having jurisdiction over the facility has consented. The agreement shall provide for contributions to the city, county, or city and county toward payment of costs incurred with reference to the transferred wards.

(b) When an agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) is in effect with respect to a particular local facility, the Director of the Youth Authority may transfer wards and parole violators to the facility.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Director of the Youth Authority may deny placement in a local facility to a parole violator who was committed to the Youth Authority for the commission of any offense set forth in subdivision (b), paragraph (2) of subdivision (d), or subdivision (e) of Section 707.

(d) Wards transferred to those facilities are subject to the rules and regulations of the facility in which they are confined, but remain under the legal custody of the Department of the Youth Authority.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 453, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1995.)

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text:
(a) Pursuant to Section 1753.3 the Director of the Youth Authority may enter into a long-term agreement not to exceed 20 years with a city, county, or city and county to place parole violators in a facility which is specially designed and built for the incarceration of parole violators and state youth authority wards.

(b) The agreement shall provide that persons providing security at the facilities shall be peace officers who have completed the minimum standards for the training of local correctional peace officers established under Section 6035 of the Penal Code.

(c) In determining the reimbursement rate pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a), the director shall take into consideration the costs incurred by the city, county, or city and county for services and facilities provided, and any other factors which are necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of the respective parties.

(d) The Director of the Youth Authority, to the extent possible, shall select city, county, or city and county facilities in areas where medical, food, and other support services are available from nearby existing prison facilities.

(e) The Director of the Youth Authority, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into an agreement to lease state property for a period not in excess of 20 years to be used as the site for a facility operated by a city, county, or city and county authorized by this section.

(f) No agreement may be entered into under this section unless the cost per ward in the facility is no greater than the average costs of keeping a ward in a comparable Youth Authority facility, as determined by the Director of the Youth Authority.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1450, Sec. 12.)

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text: In any case in which a ward of the Youth Authority is temporarily released from actual confinement in an institution of the authority and placed in a county hospital for purposes of delivery of her child, the authority may reimburse the county for the actual cost of services rendered by the county hospital to the newborn infant of the ward.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1912.)

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text:
(a) Any female confined in a Department of the Youth Authority facility shall, upon her request, be allowed to continue to use materials necessary for (1) personal hygiene with regard to her menstrual cycle and reproductive system and (2) birth control measures as prescribed by her physician.

(b) Any female confined in a Department of the Youth Authority facility shall upon her request be furnished by the department with information and education regarding prescription birth control measures.

(c) Family planning services shall be offered to each and every female confined in a Department of Youth Authority facility at least 60 days prior to a scheduled release date. Upon request any such female shall be furnished by the department with the services of a licensed physician or she shall be furnished by the department or by any other agency which contracts with the department with services necessary to meet her family planning needs at the time of her release.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1146.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1754

text: Nothing in this chapter shall be taken to give the Youth Authority Board or the director control over existing facilities, institutions or agencies; or to require them to serve the board or the director inconsistently with their functions, or with the authority of their officers, or with the laws and regulations governing their activities; or to give the board or the director power to make use of any private institution or agency without its consent; or to pay a private institution or agency for services which a public institution or agency is willing and able to perform.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 30. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1755

text: Public institutions and agencies are hereby required to accept and care for persons sent to them by the authority in the same manner as they would be required to do had such persons been committed by a court of criminal jurisdiction.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.)

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text: Whenever any person under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority, or any minor under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, is in need of medical, surgical, or dental care, the Youth Authority or the Department of Corrections, as applicable, may authorize, upon the recommendation of the attending physician or dentist, as applicable, the performance of that necessary medical, surgical, or dental service.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 496, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)

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text: The Department of the Youth Authority, in consultation with the State Department of Mental Health shall establish, by regulations adopted at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 31, 2001, standards and guidelines for the administration of psychotropic medications to any person under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority, in a manner that protects the health and short- and long-term well-being of those persons. The standards and guidelines adopted pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the due process requirements set forth in Section 2600 of the Penal Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 659, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)

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text:
The Department of the Youth Authority may transfer to and cause to be confined in the medical facility, the Correctional Training Facility at Soledad, the California Institution for Women at Corona, the Medical Correctional Institution, the California Institution for Men, the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain, or the California Men’s Colony under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections for general study, diagnosis, and treatment, or any of them, any person over the age of 18 years who is subject to the custody, control, and discipline of the Department of the Youth Authority who was committed to the Department of the Youth Authority under Section 1731.5. The Director of Corrections may receive and keep in any institution specified in this section any person so transferred to that institution by the Department of the Youth Authority, with the same powers as if the person had been placed therein or transferred thereto pursuant to the Penal Code.

The Department of the Youth Authority may transfer to and cause to be confined in the California Rehabilitation Center for general study, diagnosis, and treatment, or any of them, any person over the age of 18 years who is subject to the custody, control and discipline of the Department of the Youth Authority. The Director of Corrections may receive and keep in the California Rehabilitation Center any person so transferred thereto by the Department of the Youth Authority, with the same powers as if the person had been placed therein or transferred thereto pursuant to Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000) of this code.

Part 3 (commencing with Section 2000) of the Penal Code, so far as those provisions may be applicable, applies to persons so transferred to and confined in any institution specified in this section, except that, whenever by reason of any law governing the commitment of a person to the Department of the Youth Authority the person is deemed not to be a person convicted of a crime, the transfer or placement of the person in the California Rehabilitation Center shall not affect the status or rights of the person and shall not be deemed to constitute a conviction of a crime.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 209, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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citation: WIC § 1756

text: Notwithstanding any other law, if, in the opinion of the Chief Deputy Secretary for the Division of Juvenile Justice, the rehabilitation of a person with a mental health disorder or a developmental disability who is confined in a state correctional school may be expedited by treatment at one of the state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, the Chief Deputy Secretary for the Division of Juvenile Justice shall certify that fact to the director of the appropriate department who may authorize receipt of the person at one of the hospitals for care and treatment. Upon notification from the director that the person will no longer benefit from further care and treatment in the state hospital, the Chief Deputy Secretary for the Division of Juvenile Justice shall immediately send for, take, and receive the person back into a state correctional school. A person placed in a state hospital under this section who is committed to the authority shall be released from the hospital upon termination of his or her commitment unless a petition for detention of that person is filed under the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 58. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)

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citation: WIC § 1757

text: The director may inspect all public institutions and agencies whose facilities he or she is authorized to utilize and all private institutions and agencies whose facilities he or she is using. Every institution or agency, whether public or private, is required to afford the director reasonable opportunity to examine or consult with persons committed to the Youth Authority who are for the time being in the custody of the institution or agency.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 31. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

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citation: WIC § 1758

text: Placement of a person by the authority in any institution or agency not operated by the authority, or the discharge of such person by such an institution or agency, shall not terminate the control of the authority over such person.

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citation: WIC § 1759

text: No person placed in such an institution or under such an agency may be released by the institution or agency until after approval of the release by the authority, unless the institution or agency would have power under the law to release at its own discretion persons committed to it by order of a court. In the latter case, it may not release a person placed by the authority until a reasonable time after it has notified the authority of its intention to release him.

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citation: WIC § 1760

text:
The director is hereby authorized when necessary and when funds are available for these purposes to establish and operate any of the following:

(a) Places for the detention, prior to examination and study, of all persons committed to the Youth Authority.

(b) Places for examination and study of persons committed to the Youth Authority.

(c) Places of confinement, educational institutions, hospitals and other correctional or segregative facilities, institutions and agencies, for the proper execution of the duties of the Youth Authority.

(d) Agencies and facilities for the supervision, training, and control of persons who have not been placed in confinement or who have been released from confinement by the Youth Authority Board upon conditions, and for aiding those persons to find employment and assistance.

(e) Agencies and facilities designed to aid persons who have been discharged by the Youth Authority Board in finding employment and in leading a law-abiding existence.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 32. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

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text:
(a) The wards housed in forestry camps established by the Department of the Youth Authority may be required to labor on the buildings and grounds of the camp, on the making of forest roads for fire prevention or firefighting, on forestation or reforestation of public lands, or on the making of firetrails and firebreaks, or to perform any other work or engage in any studies or activities prescribed or permitted by the department or any officer designated by it.

(b) The wards may be required to labor in fire suppression if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The ward is under the age of 18 years and the parent or guardian of the ward has given permission for that labor by the ward, or the ward is 18 years of age or over.

(2) The ward has received not less than 16 hours of training in forest firefighting and fire safety.

The department may, during declared fire emergencies, allow the Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to use the wards for fire suppression efforts outside of the boundaries of California, not to exceed a distance in excess of 25 miles from the California border, along the borders of Oregon, Nevada, or Arizona.

(c) The department may provide, in cooperation with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Conservation or otherwise, for the payment of wages to the wards for work they do while housed on the camps, the sums earned to be paid in reparation, or to the parents or dependents of the ward, or to the ward in any manner and in any proportions as the Department of the Youth Authority directs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 419, Sec. 2.)

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text: The director may require persons committed to the authority to perform work necessary and proper to be done by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Department of Fish and Game, by the Division of State Lands, by the United States Department of Agriculture, and by the federal officials and departments in charge of national forests and parks within this state. For the purposes of this section, the director, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into contracts with federal and state officials and departments. All moneys received by the director pursuant to any of those contracts shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit and in augmentation of the current appropriation for the support of the authority. The director may provide, from those moneys, for the payment of wages to the wards for work they do pursuant to any of those contracts, the wages to be paid into the Indemnity Fund created pursuant to Section 13967 of the Government Code, or to the parents or dependents of the ward, or to the ward in the manner and in those proportions as the Department of the Youth Authority directs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 178. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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text: The department may provide for the payment of wages to wards for work performed pursuant to Section 2816 of the Penal Code, the sums earned to be paid in reparation, or to the parents or dependents of the ward, or to the ward, in any manner and in any proportions that the department directs.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 116, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)

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text:
The director shall investigate, examine, and make reports upon adult and juvenile probation.

The director may establish standards for the performance of probation duties, and upon request consult with and make investigations and recommendations to probation officers, probation committees, juvenile justice commissions, and to judges of the superior courts, including such judges as are designated juvenile court judges of any county.

The director may also, upon request, consult with, make investigations for, and recommendations to probation officers, probation committees, juvenile justice commissions, and to judges of the superior courts, including such judges as are designated juvenile court judges of any county, to aid them in the operation and maintenance of their juvenile halls.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 530.)

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text:
(a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall annually develop a population management and facilities master plan presenting projected population and strategies for treatment and housing of wards for the succeeding five-year period. This plan shall set forth the department’s strategy for bridging the gap between available bedspace and the projected ward population.

(b) The Department of the Youth Authority may contract with the Department of Corrections or the Office of Project Development and Management within the Department of General Services for professional and construction services related to the construction of facilities or renovation projects included in the Department of the Youth Authority’s 1994–99 master plan for which funds are appropriated by the Legislature. The Department of the Youth Authority shall be responsible for program planning and all design decisions. The Department of Corrections or the Department of General Services shall, in consultation with the Department of the Youth Authority, ensure that all facilities are designed and constructed specifically for the needs of the youthful offender population. The Department of the Youth Authority also shall ensure that the design and construction of any facilities are consistent with the mission of the Department of the Youth Authority, which emphasizes the protection of the public from criminal activity and the rehabilitation of youthful offenders by providing education, training, and treatment services for those offenders committed by the courts. Any power, function, or jurisdiction for planning, design, and construction of facilities or renovation projects pursuant to the 1994–99 master plan that is conferred upon the Department of General Services shall be deemed to be conferred upon the Department of Corrections for purposes of this section. The Director of the Department of General Services may, upon the request of the Director of the Department of Corrections, delegate to the Department of Corrections any power, function, or jurisdiction for planning, design, and construction of any additional projects included within subsequent Department of the Youth Authority master plans.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 188. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)

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text:
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with counties to meet the intent of the Legislature expressed in Senate Bill 823 (Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2020) and Assembly Bill 145 (Chapter 80 of the Statutes of 2021) that the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp remain open through a state-local partnership, or other management arrangement, to train justice-involved youth in wildland firefighting skills.

(a) The department may contract with one or more counties to furnish training and rehabilitation programs, and necessary services incident thereto, at Pine Grove, for persons 18 years of age and older who are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and supervision of a county probation department following adjudication under Section 602 for a felony offense.

(b) Youth placed at Pine Grove pursuant to this section shall be required to comply with rules and regulations consistent with the contracts entered into by the department and participating counties.

(c) Placement of a youth at Pine Grove shall not be considered a commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice.

(d) The department shall establish camp eligibility criteria and assess individual amenability for the initial and continued placement at Pine Grove.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 58, Sec. 44. (AB 200) Effective June 30, 2022.)

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text:
(a) A ward or youth hand crew member placed at the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp pursuant to Section 730, Section 875, or Section 1760.45 shall be paid an hourly wage equal to seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25) while assigned to an active fire incident. The wage rate shall be reviewed annually.

(b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall maintain regulations regarding an administrative adjudication and remedy process for any disputes over sums owed pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 681, Sec. 3. (AB 247) Effective October 13, 2025.)

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citation: WIC § 1761

text: The Youth Authority shall establish policies for a background assessment of all persons committed to the Youth Authority in order to supplement the case history provided by the county which committed the person to it.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 612, Sec. 2.)

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citation: WIC § 1762

text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that youth with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or committed to, a Division of Juvenile Justice facility shall have access to rigorous postsecondary academic and career technical education programs that fulfill the requirements for transfer to the University of California and the California State University and prepare them for career entry, respectively.

(b) (1) The Division of Juvenile Justice shall, to the extent feasible using available resources, ensure that youth with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or committed to, a Division of Juvenile Justice facility have access to, and can choose to participate in, public postsecondary academic and career technical courses and programs offered online, and for which they are eligible based on eligibility criteria and course schedules of the public postsecondary education campus providing the course or program. The division is also encouraged to develop other educational partnerships with local public postsecondary campuses, as is feasible, to provide programs on campus and onsite at the Division of Juvenile Justice facility.

(2) These programs shall be considered part of the current responsibilities of the Division of Juvenile Justice to provide and coordinate services for youth that enable the youth to be law-abiding and productive members of their families and communities.

(c) For purposes of this section, “youth” means any person detained in, or committed to, a Division of Juvenile Justice facility.

(d) This section does not preclude youth who have not yet completed their high school graduation requirements from concurrently participating in postsecondary academic and career technical education programs.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 337, Sec. 47. (SB 823) Effective September 30, 2020.)

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citation: WIC § 1763

text: The authority shall keep written records of all examinations and of the conclusions predicated thereon and of all orders concerning the disposition or treatment of every person subject to its control. After five years from the date on which the jurisdiction of the authority over a ward is terminated the authority may destroy such records. For the purposes of this section “destroy” means destroy or dispose of for the purpose of destruction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 250.)

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citation: WIC § 1764

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any of the following information in the possession of the Youth Authority regarding persons 16 years of age or older who were committed to the Youth Authority by a court of criminal jurisdiction, or who were committed to the Department of Corrections and were subsequently transferred to the Youth Authority, shall be disclosed to any member of the public, upon request, by the director or the director’s designee:

(1) The name and age of the person.

(2) The court of commitment and the offense that was the basis of commitment.

(3) The date of commitment.

(4) Any institution where the person is or was confined.

(5) The actions taken by any paroling authority regarding the person, which relate to parole dates.

(6) The date the person is scheduled to be released to the community, including release to a reentry work furlough program.

(7) The date the person was placed on parole.

(8) The date the person was discharged from the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority and the basis for the discharge.

(9) In any case where the person has escaped from any institution under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority, a physical description of the person and the circumstances of the escape.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the release of any information that could place any individual in personal peril; that could threaten Youth Authority security; or that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 434. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)

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text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director or his or her designee may release the information described in Section 1764 regarding a person committed to the Youth Authority by a juvenile court for an offense described in subdivision (a) of Section 676, to any member of the public who requests the information, unless the court has ordered confidentiality under subdivision (c) of Section 676.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1048, Sec. 2.)

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text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice or the director’s designee shall release the information described in Section 1764 regarding a person committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities, to the victim of the offense, the next of kin of the victim, or his or her representative as designated by the victim or next of kin pursuant to Section 1767, upon request, unless the court has ordered confidentiality under subdivision (c) of Section 676. The victim or the next of kin shall be identified by the court or the probation department in the offender’s commitment documents before the director is required to disclose this information.

(b) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice or the director’s designee shall, with respect to persons committed to the Division of Juvenile Facilities, including persons committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who have been transferred to the Division of Juvenile Facilities, inform each victim of that offense, the victim’s next of kin, or his or her representative as designated by the victim or next of kin pursuant to Section 1767, of his or her right to request and receive information pursuant to subdivision (a) and Section 1767.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 41, Sec. 101. (SB 1021) Effective June 27, 2012.)

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text:
(a) Whenever a person is committed to the Youth Authority by a court of criminal jurisdiction, or is committed to the Department of Corrections and subsequently transferred to the Youth Authority, for a conviction of a violent felony listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, the director or his or her designee shall, with respect to that person, provide all notices that would be required to be provided by the Board of Prison Terms or the Department of Corrections pursuant to Sections 3058.6 and 3058.8 of the Penal Code, if that person were confined in their respective institutions.

(b) In order to be entitled to receive from the department, pursuant to subdivision (a), the notice set forth in Section 3058.8 of the Penal Code, the requesting party shall keep the department informed of his or her current mailing address.

(c) The notice required under this section shall be provided within 10 days of release with respect to persons committed to the Youth Authority by a court of criminal jurisdiction.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 624, Sec. 6.)

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text: Whenever a minor is incarcerated in a Youth Authority facility for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, the Youth Authority shall inform the State Department of Social Services of the name, date of birth, social security number, and county of residence of the incarcerated person.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1042, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1765

text:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department of the Youth Authority and the Youth Authority Board shall keep under continued study a person in their control and shall retain him or her, subject to the limitations of this chapter, under supervision and control so long as in their judgment that control is necessary for the protection of the public.

(b) The board shall discharge that person as soon as in its opinion there is reasonable probability that he or she can be given full liberty without danger to the public.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 33. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

article: 4. Powers and Duties of Youth Authority


citation: WIC § 1766

text:
(a) Subject to Sections 733 and 1767.35, and subdivision (b) of this section, if a person has been committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, the Board of Juvenile Hearings, according to standardized review and appeal procedures established by the board in policy and regulation and subject to the powers and duties enumerated in subdivision (a) of Section 1719, may do any of the following:

(1) Set a date on which the ward shall be discharged from the jurisdiction of the Division of Juvenile Facilities and permitted his or her liberty under supervision of probation and subject to the jurisdiction of the committing court pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) Deny discharge, except that a person committed to the division pursuant to Section 731 or 1731.5 shall not be held in physical confinement for a total period of time in excess of the maximum periods of time set forth in Section 731.

(b) The following provisions shall apply to any ward eligible for discharge from that ward’s commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities. Any order entered by the court pursuant to this subdivision shall be consistent with evidence-based practices and the interest of public safety.

(1) The county of commitment shall supervise the reentry of any ward still subject to the court’s jurisdiction and discharged from the jurisdiction of the Division of Juvenile Facilities. The conditions of the ward’s supervision shall be established by the court pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(2) Not less than 60 days prior to the scheduled discharge consideration hearing of a ward described in this subdivision, the division shall provide to the probation department and the court of the committing county, and the ward’s counsel, if known, the most recent written review prepared pursuant to Section 1720, along with notice of the discharge consideration hearing date.

(3) (A) Not less than 30 days prior to the scheduled discharge consideration hearing, the division shall notify the ward of the date and location of the discharge consideration hearing. A ward shall have the right to contact the ward’s parent or guardian, if he or she can reasonably be located, to inform the parent or guardian of the date and location of the discharge consideration hearing. The division shall also allow the ward to inform other persons identified by the ward, if they can reasonably be located, and who are considered by the division as likely to contribute to a ward’s preparation for the discharge consideration hearing or the ward’s postrelease success.

(B) This paragraph shall not apply if either of the following conditions is met:

(i) A minor chooses not to contact the minor’s parents, guardians, or other persons and the director of the division facility determines it would be in the best interest of the minor not to contact the parents, guardians, or other persons.

(ii) A person 18 years of age or older does not consent to the contact.

(C) Upon intake of a ward committed to a division facility, and again upon attaining 18 years of age while serving the ward’s commitment in the custody of the division, an appropriate staff person shall explain the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B), using language clearly understandable to the ward.

(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the right of a ward to an attorney under any other law.

(4) Not less than 30 days prior to the scheduled discharge consideration hearing of a ward described in this subdivision, the probation department of the committing county may provide the division with its written plan for the reentry supervision of the ward. At the discharge consideration hearing, the Board of Juvenile Hearings shall, in determining whether the ward is to be released, consider a reentry supervision plan submitted by the county.

(5) If the Board of Juvenile Hearings determines that a ward is ready for discharge to county supervision pursuant to subdivision (a), the board shall do both of the following:

(A) Set a date for discharge from the jurisdiction of the Division of Juvenile Facilities no less than 14 days after the date of such determination. The board shall also record any postrelease recommendations for the ward. These recommendations will be sent to the committing court responsible for setting the ward’s conditions of supervision no later than seven days from the date of such determination.

(B) Notify the ward that he or she may petition the board for an honorable discharge after 18 months following his or her discharge by the board, provided that he or she is not on probation.

(6) No more than four days but no less than one day prior to the scheduled date of the reentry disposition hearing before the committing court, the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall transport and deliver the ward to the custody of the probation department of the committing county. On or prior to a ward’s date of discharge from the Division of Juvenile Facilities, the committing court shall convene a reentry disposition hearing for the ward. The purpose of the hearing shall be for the court to identify those conditions of supervision that are appropriate under all the circumstances of the case and consistent with evidence-based practices. The court shall, to the extent it deems appropriate, incorporate postrelease recommendations made by the board as well as any reentry plan submitted by the county probation department and reviewed by the board into its disposition order. At the hearing the ward shall be fully informed of the terms and conditions of any order entered by the court, including the consequences for any violation thereof. The procedure of the reentry disposition hearing shall otherwise be consistent with the rules, rights, and procedures applicable to delinquency disposition hearings as described in Article 17 (commencing with Section 675) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2.

(7) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall have no further jurisdiction over a ward who is discharged by the Board of Juvenile Hearings, except that the board shall make honorable discharge determinations.

(8) Notwithstanding any other law or any other provision of this section, commencing January 1, 2013, all wards who remain on parole under the jurisdiction of the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall be discharged, except for wards who are in custody pending revocation proceedings or serving a term of revocation. A ward that is pending revocation proceedings or serving a term of revocation shall be discharged after serving the ward’s revocation term, including any revocation extensions, or when any allegations of violating the terms and conditions of the ward’s parole are not sustained.

(c) Within 60 days of intake, the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall provide the court and the probation department with a treatment plan for the ward.

(d) Commencing January 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, for the preceding fiscal year, the department shall collect and make available to the public the following information:

(1) The total number of ward case reviews conducted by the division and the board, categorized by guideline category.

(2) The number of discharge consideration dates for each category set at guideline, above guideline, and below guideline.

(3) The number of ward case reviews resulting in a change to a discharge consideration date, including the category assigned to the ward and the specific reason for the change.

(4) The percentage of wards who have had a discharge consideration date changed to a later date, the percentage of wards who have had a discharge consideration date changed to an earlier date, and the average annual time added or subtracted per case.

(5) The number and percentage of wards who, while confined or on parole, are charged with a new misdemeanor or felony criminal offense.

(6) Any additional data or information identified by the department as relevant.

(e) As used in subdivision (d), the term “ward case review” means any review of a ward that changes, maintains, or appreciably affects the programs, treatment, or placement of a ward.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 683, Sec. 8. (SB 625) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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text: When permitting an adult or minor committed to the Department of the Youth Authority his or her liberty pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1766, the Youth Authority Board shall impose as a condition thereof that the adult or minor pay in full any restitution fine or restitution order imposed pursuant to Section 13967, as operative on or before September 28, 1994, of the Government Code, or Section 1202.4 of the Penal Code, or Section 1203.4, as operative on or before August 2, 1994, of the Penal Code, or Section 730.6 or 731.1, as operative on or before August 2, 1995. Payment shall be in installments set in an amount consistent with the adult’s or minor’s ability to pay.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 35. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

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text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all applicable wards shall be placed on supervised parole within the period of 120 to 90 days prior to the date of release from custody from a Division of Juvenile Facilities institution pursuant to the discharge provisions of Section 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) Subdivision (a) shall not apply when a petition or order for further detention of a juvenile has been requested by the Division of Juvenile Facilities or the Juvenile Parole Board pursuant to Section 1800.

(c) A ward who has been released under the provisions of subdivision (a) shall be subject to revocation of parole for alleged violations committed during the period of release. Any term of reconfinement under these circumstances shall remain subject to the limits of Section 731, 1769, 1770, or 1771, as applicable in each case. Any such revocation proceedings shall be in accordance with the procedures and due process protections for parolees under current law.

(d) For the purposes of this section, “applicable ward” means a person who is confined in a facility or institution operated by the Division of Juvenile Facilities 120 days prior to his or her discharge date under Section 1769, 1770, or 1771, or 120 days prior to completion of the maximum period of confinement under Section 731.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 268, Sec. 3. (AB 1053) Effective January 1, 2010.)

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text:
The director shall establish and maintain a fair, simple, and expeditious system for resolution of grievances of all persons committed to the Youth Authority regarding the substance or application of any written or unwritten policy, rule, regulation, or practice of the department or of an agent or contractor of the department or any decision, behavior, or action by an employee, agent, contractor, or other person confined within the institutions or camps of the Youth Authority which is directed toward the grievant, other than matters involving individual discipline. The system shall do all of the following:

(a) Provide for the participation of employees of the department and of persons committed to the Youth Authority on as equal a basis and at the most decentralized level reasonably possible and feasible in the design, implementation, and operation of the system.

(b) Provide, to the extent reasonably possible, for the selection by their peers of persons committed to the Youth Authority as participants in the design, implementation, and operation of the system.

(c) Provide, within specific time limits, for written responses with written reasons in support of them to all grievances at all decision levels within the system.

(d) Provide for priority processing of grievances which are of an emergency nature which would, by passage of time required for normal processing, subject the grievant to substantial risk of personal injury or other damage.

(e) Provide for the right of grievants to be represented by another person committed to the Youth Authority who is confined within the institutions or camps of the Youth Authority, by an employee, or by any other person, including a volunteer, who is a regular participant in departmental operations.

(f) Provide for safeguards against reprisals against any grievant or participant in the resolution of a grievance.

(g) Provide, at one or more decision levels of the process, for a full hearing of the grievance at which all parties to the controversy and their representatives shall have the opportunity to be present and to present evidence and contentions regarding the grievance,

(h) Provide a method of appeal of grievance decisions available to all parties to the grievance, including, but not limited to, final right of appeal to advisory arbitration of the grievance by a neutral person not employed by the department, the decision of the arbitrator to be adopted by the department unless the decision is in violation of law, would result in physical danger to any persons, would require expenditure of funds not reasonably available for that purpose to the department, or, in the personal judgment of the director, would be detrimental to the public or to the proper and effective accomplishment of the duties of the department.

(i) Provide for the monitoring of the system by the department and also, pursuant to contract or other appropriate means, for a biennial evaluation of the system by a public or private agency independent of the department to the extent necessary to ascertain whether the requirements of this section are being met. The results of which evaluation shall be filed with the department, the Legislature, the Attorney General, and the State Public Defender.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 636, Sec. 1.)

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citation: WIC § 1767

text:
(a) Upon request, written notice of any hearing to consider the release on parole of any person under the control of the Youth Authority for the commission of a crime or committed to the authority as a person described in Section 602 shall be sent by the Department of the Youth Authority at least 30 days before the hearing to any victim of a crime committed by the person, or to the next of kin of the victim if the victim has died or is a minor. The requesting party shall keep the board apprised of his or her current mailing address.

(b) Any one of the following persons may appear, personally or by counsel, at the hearing:

(1) The victim of the offense and one support person of his or her choosing.

(2) In the event that the victim is unable to attend the proceeding, two support persons designated by the victim may attend to provide information about the impact of the crime on the victim.

(3) If the victim is no longer living, two members of the victim’s immediate family may attend.

(4) If none of those persons appear personally at the hearing, any one of them may submit a statement recorded on videotape for the board’s consideration at the hearing. Those persons shall also have the right to submit a written statement to the board at least 10 days prior to the scheduled hearing for the board’s consideration at the hearing.

(c) The board, in deciding whether to release the person on parole, shall consider the statements of victims, next of kin, or statements made on their behalf pursuant to this section and shall include in its report a statement of whether the person would pose a threat to public safety if released on parole.

(d) A representative designated by the victim or the victim’s next of kin shall be either that person’s legal counsel or a family or household member of the victim, for the purposes of this section.

(e) Support persons may only provide information about the impact of the crime on the victim and provide physical and emotional support to the victim or the victim’s family.

(f) This section does not prevent the board from excluding a victim or his or her support person or persons from a hearing. The board may allow the presence of other support persons under particular circumstances surrounding the proceeding.

(g) The provisions of this section shall not be amended by the Legislature except by statute passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, or by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 570. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016. Note: This section was added on June 8, 1982, by initiative Prop. 8.)

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text:
At least 30 days before the Youth Authority Board meets to review or consider the parole of any person who has been committed to the control of the Department of the Youth Authority for the commission of any offense described in subdivision (b), paragraph (2) of subdivision (d), or subdivision (e) of Section 707, or for the commission of an offense in violation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 262 or paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 261 of the Penal Code, the board shall send written notice of the hearing to each of the following persons: the judge of the court that committed the person to the authority, the attorney for the person, the district attorney of the county from which the person was committed, the law enforcement agency that investigated the case, and the victim pursuant to Section 1767. The board shall also send a progress report regarding the ward to the judge of the court that committed the person at the same time it sends the written notice to the judge.

Each of the persons so notified shall have the right to submit a written statement to the board at least 10 days prior to the decision for the board’s consideration. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit any person so notified to attend the hearing. With respect to the parole of any person over the age of 18 years, the presiding officer of the board shall state findings and supporting reasons for the decision of the board. The findings and reasons shall be reduced to writing, and shall be made available for inspection by members of the public no later than 30 days from the date of the decision.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 36. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

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text: Every order granting probation or parole to any person under the control of the authority who has been convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 290 of the Penal Code shall require as a condition of such probation or parole that such person totally abstain from the use of alcoholic liquor or beverages.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1950, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 25.)

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text:
(a) The written order of the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice is a sufficient warrant for any peace officer to return to custody any person who has escaped from the custody of the Division of Juvenile Facilities or from any institution or facility in which he or she has been placed by the division.

(b) All peace officers shall execute the orders in like manner as a felony warrant.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 33, Sec. 51. (SB 843) Effective June 27, 2016.)

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text: Whenever any person paroled by the Youth Authority Board is returned to the department upon the order of the director by a peace officer or probation officer, the officer shall be paid the same fees and expenses as are allowed those officers by law for the transportation of persons to institutions or facilities under the jurisdiction of the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 38. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

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text: The authority may pay any private home for the care of any person committed to the authority and paroled by the Youth Authority Board to the custody of the private home (including both persons committed to the authority under this chapter and persons committed to it by the juvenile court) at a rate to be approved by the Department of Finance. Payments for the care of paroled persons may be made from funds available to the authority for that purpose, or for the support of the institution or facility under the jurisdiction of the authority from which the person has been paroled.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 39. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.)

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text: In parole revocation proceedings, a parolee or his attorney shall receive a copy of any police, arrest, and crime reports pertaining to such proceedings. Portions of such reports containing confidential information need not be disclosed if the parolee or his attorney has been notified that confidential information has not been disclosed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 856.)

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text: A sum may be withdrawn by the authority from the funds available for the support of the authority without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements. This sum shall be used as a revolving fund for payments for the care of persons paroled to private homes as provided in Section 1767.5. At the close of each fiscal year, or at any other time, upon demand of the Department of Finance the money so drawn shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the State Controller.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 214.)

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text: Any person authorized to appear at a parole hearing pursuant to Section 1767 shall have the right to speak last before the board in regard to those persons appearing and speaking before the board at a parole hearing. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the person presiding at the hearing from taking any steps he or she deems appropriate to ensure that only accurate and relevant statements are considered in determining parole suitability as provided in law, including, but not limited to, the rebuttal of inaccurate statements made by any party.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective January 21, 2004.)

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