Amended in Assembly May 13, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 9, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 423

Introduced by Assembly Member Torres

February 15, 2013

An act to add Section 5035 to the Penal Code, relating to corrections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 423, as amended, Torres. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: restitution data.

Existing law provides for the administration of the state correctional system by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law requires the department to study the programmatic and fiscal feasability of providing for rehabilitation information and tracking functionality within the Strategic Offender Management System, as specified.

This bill would require the department to include in the Strategic Offender Management System, or any successor system maintained by the department, information regarding restitution fines or orders for inmates within its jurisdiction, begin delete and end delete begin insert as specified. The bill would also require the department end insert to utilize that system begin insert , or a combination of that system and the Trust Restitution Accounting Canteen System or any successor system, end insert to ensure that the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board is provided with accurate and up-to-date information regarding unfulfilled restitution fines and orders.

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 5035 is added to the Penal Code, immediately following Section 5032, to read:

5035.  

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall
include in the Strategic Offender Management System, or any
successor system maintained by the department, information
regarding restitution fines or orders for inmates within its
jurisdiction, including the amount necessary to fulfill a fine or
order, the amounts that have been collected from the offender, if
any, and the status of efforts to collect any remaining balance. The
department shall utilize that system begin insert , or a combination of that
system and the Trust Restitution Accounting Canteen System or
any successor system, end insert to ensure that the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board is provided with
accurate and up-to-date information regarding unfulfilled restitution
fines and orders.