BILL NUMBER: AB 2350	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 207 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to juveniles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2350, Hill. Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
   Existing law, the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, which has been
adopted by this state, establishes an interstate commission to
oversee, supervise, and coordinate the interstate movement of
juveniles. Pursuant to the compact, any state statutory law that
conflicts with the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioners
is superseded.
   Existing law generally provides that a minor who is persistently
or habitually disobedient or has 4 or more truancies within one
school year, as specified, or a person who was a minor when he or she
violated a curfew based solely on age, is within the jurisdiction of
the juvenile court. Existing law provides that a minor who comes
within that description may not be held for more than 24 hours in
order to locate the child's parent or guardian as soon as possible
and arrange the return of the minor to his or her parent or guardian.
Existing law further provides that a minor whose parent or guardian
is a resident outside of the state may not be held in a secure
facility for more than 24 hours, or no more than 72 hours under
specified circumstances.
   This bill would delete the provisions of state law regarding a
minor whose parent or guardian is a resident outside of the state as
described above and would instead exclude an out-of-state minor who
is being held pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles from
the provisions authorizing the detention of a minor for no more than
24 hours.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 207 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   207.  (a) No minor shall be detained in any jail, lockup, juvenile
hall, or other secure facility who is taken into custody solely upon
the ground that he or she is a person described by Section 601 or
adjudged to be such or made a ward of the juvenile court solely upon
that ground, except as provided in subdivision (b). If any such
minor, other than a minor described in subdivision (b), is detained,
he or she shall be detained in a sheltered-care facility or crisis
resolution home as provided for in Section 654, or in a nonsecure
facility provided for in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of Section
727.
   (b) A minor taken into custody upon the ground that he or she is a
person described in Section 601, or adjudged to be a ward of the
juvenile court solely upon that ground, may be held in a secure
facility, other than a facility in which adults are held in secure
custody, in any of the following circumstances:
   (1) For up to 12 hours after having been taken into custody for
the purpose of determining if there are any outstanding wants,
warrants, or holds against the minor in cases where the arresting
officer or probation officer has cause to believe that the wants,
warrants, or holds exist.
   (2) For up to 24 hours after having been taken into custody, in
order to locate the minor's parent or guardian as soon as possible
and to arrange the return of the minor to his or her parent or
guardian, with the exception of an out-of-state runaway who is being
held pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
   (c) Any minor detained in juvenile hall pursuant to subdivision
(b) may not be permitted to come or remain in contact with any person
detained on the basis that he or she has been taken into custody
upon the ground that he or she is a person described in Section 602
or adjudged to be such or made a ward of the juvenile court upon that
ground.
   (d) Minors detained in juvenile hall pursuant to Sections 601 and
602 may be held in the same facility provided they are not permitted
to come or remain in contact within that facility.
   (e) Every county shall keep a record of each minor detained under
subdivision (b), the place and length of time of the detention, and
the reasons why the detention was necessary. Every county shall
report this information to the Board of Corrections on a monthly
basis, on forms to be provided by that agency.
   The board shall not disclose the name of the detainee, or any
personally identifying information contained in reports sent to the
Youth Authority under this subdivision.