BILL NUMBER: SB 943	CHAPTERED  09/26/07

	CHAPTER  228
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add Section 6275 to the Penal Code, relating to prisons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 943, Machado.  Prisons.
   Existing law authorized the construction of a medium security
prison for women, currently known as the Northern California Women's
Facility, and prohibited the housing of male inmates in that prison.
   This bill would authorize the use of the Northern California Women'
s Facility as a reentry facility to house inmates, parole violators,
or parolees pending revocation of parole, as specified.
   Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to give funding preference to counties that assist the
state in siting reentry facilities.
   This bill would provide that San Joaquin County and the City of
Stockton sited and assisted the state in siting reentry facilities
when they passed resolutions supporting the conversion of the former
Northern California Women's Facility to a reentry facility, as
specified.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 6275 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   6275.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized to use the
Northern California Women's Facility in Stockton as a reentry
facility to house inmates, parole violators, or parolees pending
revocation of their parole who are either paroling to, or returning
to prison from, the Counties of San Joaquin, Calaveras, or Amador.
   (b) The provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 15820.907 of the
Government Code were met on August 7, 2007, when the San Joaquin
County Board of Supervisors and the Stockton City Council passed
resolutions supporting conversion of the former Northern California
Women's Facility to a reentry facility to house male inmates or
parole violators.
   (c) The "reactivation" of the Northern California Women's Facility
for use as a reentry facility to house male inmates shall have the
same meaning and legal definition as the following terms:
   (1)  "Assist the state in siting" as provided in subdivision (b)
of Section 15820.907 of the Government Code.
   (2) "Sited" as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 15820.918 of
the Government Code and paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section
7021 of this code.