BILL NUMBER: AB 2124	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 1001.50 of the Penal Code, relating to
pretrial diversion programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2124, as introduced, Lowenthal. Misdemeanor offenses: pretrial
diversion program.
   Existing law authorizes a county to establish a pretrial diversion
programs for defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor
offense.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1001.50 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   1001.50.  (a) Notwithstanding any other  provision of
 law, this chapter shall become operative in a county only
if the board of supervisors adopts the provisions of this chapter by
ordinance.
   (b) The district attorney of each county shall review annually any
diversion program established pursuant to this chapter, and 
no   the  program shall  not  continue
without the approval of the district attorney.  No 
 A  person shall  not  be diverted under a program
unless it has been approved by the district attorney. 
Nothing in this   This  subdivision  shall
  does not  authorize the prosecutor to determine
whether a particular defendant shall be diverted.
   (c) As used in this chapter, "pretrial diversion" means the
procedure of postponing prosecution either temporarily or permanently
at any point in the judicial process from the point at which the
accused is charged until adjudication.