BILL NUMBER: AB 320	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2009

   An act to amend Section 15820.917 of the Government Code, relating
to county jails.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 320, as introduced, Solorio. County jails: reentry facilities.
   Existing law provides state financing for construction siting of
county jails, subject to matching funds from counties, as specified.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation and the Corrections Standards Authority to give
funding preference for those purposes to counties that assist the
state in siting reentry facilities, as specified.
   This bill would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation and the Corrections Standards Authority to give
coequal funding preference to counties that assist the state in
either siting reentry facilities or providing beds in county jails
for use as reentry facilities.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 15820.917 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15820.917.  (a) Participating county matching funds for projects
funded under this chapter shall be a minimum of 25 percent of the
total project costs. The CSA may reduce matching fund requirements
for participating counties with a general population below 200,000
upon petition by a participating county to the CSA requesting a lower
level of matching funds.
   (b) The CDCR and CSA shall give  coequal  funding
preference to counties that assist the state in  either 
siting reentry facilities  or providing beds in county jails for
use as reentry facilities  , pursuant to  Section 6270
  Chapter 9.8 (commencing with Section 6270) of Title 7
of Part 3 of the Penal Code  .
   (c) The department shall give funding preference to counties that
assist the state in siting mental health day treatment and crisis
care, pursuant to Section 3073 of the Penal Code, and to counties who
provide a continuum of care so that parolees with mental health and
substance abuse needs can continue to receive services at the
conclusion of their period of parole.