BILL NUMBER: AB 320	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

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 amended, 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.  The bill would provide that
counties interested in providing reentry services to state inmates
  shall be required to enter into an agreement with the
department to provide those services and that the department shall
certify that the proposed reentry services meet their approval. The
bill would provide that the changes made by this act are prospective
only. 
   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)  (1)    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 Chapter 9.8 (commencing with Section
6270) of Title 7 of Part 3 of the Penal Code. 
   (2) Counties interested in providing reentry services to state
inmates shall be required to enter into an agreement with the CDCR to
provide those services and the CDCR shall certify that the proposed
reentry services meet their approval. 
   (c) The  department   CDCR  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. 
   (d) The amendments made to this section in the 2009-10 Regular
Session by the act that added this subdivision are prospective only
and not intended to affect any Phase 1 grant awards that were made
prior to the enactment of this act.