BILL NUMBER: AB 423	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2013

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,  and   as
specified. The bill would also require the department  to
utilize that system  , or a combination of that system and the
Trust Restitution Accounting Canteen System or any successor system,
 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  , or a combination of that system and
the Trust Restitution Accounting Canteen System or any successor
system,  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.