BILL NUMBER: AB 2773	CHAPTERED  07/05/02

	CHAPTER  113
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 5, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 3, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 20, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 2, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salinas

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2002

   An act to amend Section 2816 of the Penal Code, relating to
prisons.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2773, Salinas.  Prisons.
   Existing law provides that the Director of Corrections, in the
capacity of chairman of the Prison Industry Board, may order any
authorized public works project involving construction, renovation,
or repair of prison facilities to be performed by inmate labor when
the total expenditure does not exceed $200,000.  Existing law
provides that under specified conditions, state agencies are
authorized to carry out projects if the estimated cost does not
exceed $400,000.
   This bill would provide that the director, in the capacity of
chairman of the Prison Industry Board, would be authorized to order
the public works projects as described that do not exceed the
$400,000 cost limit authorized by other existing law.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2816 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   2816.  With the approval of the Department of Finance, there shall
be transferred to, or deposited in, the Prison Industries Revolving
Fund for purposes authorized by this section, money appropriated from
any source including sources other than state appropriations.
   Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 2808, the chairman, in
consultation with the board, may order any authorized public works
project involving construction, renovation, or repair of prison
facilities to be performed by inmate labor when the total expenditure
does not exceed the project limit established by Section 10108 of
the Public Contract Code.  Projects entailing expenditure of greater
than the project limit established by Section 10108 of the Public
Contract Code shall be reviewed and approved by the board.
   Money so transferred or deposited shall be available for
expenditure by the department for the purposes for which
appropriated, contributed or made available, without regard to fiscal
years and irrespective of the provisions of Sections 13340 and 16304
of the Government Code.  Money transferred or deposited pursuant to
this section shall be used only for purposes authorized in this
section.