BILL NUMBER: AB 2526	CHAPTERED  07/17/02

	CHAPTER  198
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 17, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 16, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 11, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickerson

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to amend Section 1203.1f of the Penal Code, relating to
crime.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2526, Dickerson.  Crimes.
   Under existing law, if a defendant is convicted of an offense, the
defendant may be required to pay all or a portion of the costs for
any legal assistance that was provided by the court, for probation or
probation investigation, for incarceration in a local detention
facility, or for the provision of parole supervision.  Existing law
requires an ability to pay determination hearing before these costs
may be assessed to the defendant and, if practicable, requires the
court to consolidate these hearings.  Existing law authorizes the
determination of the ability to pay made at the consolidated hearing
to be used for all purposes related to these specified provisions.
   This bill would require the court to consolidate all ability to
pay determination hearings into one proceeding and would authorize
the court to use this determination of ability to pay made at the
consolidated hearing for all purposes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1203.1f of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   1203.1f.  If practicable, the court shall consolidate the ability
to pay determination hearings authorized by this code into one
proceeding, and the determination of ability to pay made at the
consolidated hearing may be used for all purposes.