BILL NUMBER: AB 2574	CHAPTERED  05/16/08

	CHAPTER  16
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 16, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  MAY 16, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 1, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Emmerson

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to amend Section 4025.5 of the Penal Code, relating to
jails.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2574, Emmerson. Jails: inmate welfare funds.
   Existing law, until January 1, 2013, creates a pilot program that
authorizes the sheriff of certain counties to spend money from the
inmate welfare fund for the purpose of assisting indigent inmates
with the reentry process, as specified.
   This bill would add Kern County, San Bernardino County, and Santa
Clara County to those counties. This bill would specify that the
Chief of Correction of Santa Clara County has this same authority
regarding inmate welfare fund moneys as the sheriffs of the other
specified counties.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4025.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   4025.5.  (a) There is hereby created a pilot program in the
Counties of Alameda, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, San
Bernardino, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and
Stanislaus. In each county, the sheriff, or, in the County of Santa
Clara, the chief of correction, may expend money from the inmate
welfare fund to provide indigent inmates, after release from the
county jail or any other adult detention facility under the
jurisdiction of the sheriff, or, in the County of Santa Clara, the
chief of correction, assistance with the reentry process within 14
days after the inmate's release. The assistance provided may include,
but is not limited to, work placement, counseling, obtaining proper
identification, education, and housing.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.