BILL NUMBER: AB 2526	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 1230 of the Penal Code, relating to
probation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2526, as introduced, Gonzalez. Criminal recidivism: Community
Corrections Performance Incentives Fund.
   Existing law authorizes each county to establish a Community
Corrections Performance Incentives Fund (CCPIF) and authorizes the
state to annually allocate money into the State Corrections
Performance Incentives Fund to be used for specified purposes
relating to improving local probation supervision practices and
capacities.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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 1230 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   1230.  (a) Each county is hereby authorized to establish in
 each   the  county treasury a Community
Corrections Performance Incentives Fund (CCPIF), to receive all
amounts allocated to that county for purposes of implementing this
chapter.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, in  any  
a  fiscal year for which a county receives moneys to be expended
for the implementation of this chapter, the moneys, including
 any  interest, shall be made available to the CPO
of that county, within 30 days of the deposit of those moneys into
the fund, for the implementation of the community corrections program
authorized by this chapter.
   (1) The community corrections program shall be developed and
implemented by probation and advised by a local Community Corrections
Partnership.
   (2) The local Community Corrections Partnership shall be chaired
by the CPO and comprised of the following membership:
   (A) The presiding judge of the superior court, or his or her
designee.
   (B) A county supervisor  or   ,  the
chief administrative officer for the county  ,  or a
designee of the board of supervisors.
   (C) The district attorney.
   (D) The public defender.
   (E) The sheriff.
   (F) A chief of police.
   (G) The head of the county department of social services.
   (H) The head of the county department of mental health.
   (I) The head of the county department of employment.
   (J) The head of the county alcohol and substance abuse programs.
   (K) The head of the county office of education.
   (L) A representative from a community-based organization with
experience in successfully providing rehabilitative services to
persons who have been convicted of a criminal offense.
   (M) An individual who represents the interests of victims.
   (3) Funds allocated to probation pursuant to this act shall be
used to provide supervision and rehabilitative services for adult
felony offenders subject to local supervision, and shall be spent on
evidence-based community corrections practices and programs, as
defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1229, which may include, but
are not limited to, the following:
   (A) Implementing and expanding evidence-based risk and needs
assessments.
   (B) Implementing and expanding intermediate sanctions that
include, but are not limited to, electronic monitoring, mandatory
community service, home detention, day reporting, restorative justice
programs, work furlough programs, and incarceration in county jail
for up to 90 days.
   (C) Providing more intensive local supervision.
   (D) Expanding the availability of evidence-based rehabilitation
programs  ,  including, but not limited to, drug and alcohol
treatment, mental health treatment, anger management, cognitive
behavior programs, and job training and employment services.
   (E) Evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation and supervision
programs and ensuring program fidelity.
   (4) Notwithstanding any other law, the CPO shall have discretion
to spend funds on any of the above practices and programs consistent
with this act but, at a minimum, shall devote at least 5 percent of
all funding received to evaluate the effectiveness of those programs
and practices implemented with the funds provided pursuant to this
chapter. A CPO may petition the Administrative Office of the Courts
to have this restriction waived, and the Administrative Office of the
Courts shall have the authority to grant  such a 
 that  petition, if the CPO can demonstrate that the
department is already devoting sufficient funds to the evaluation of
these programs and practices.
   (5) Each probation department receiving funds under this chapter
shall maintain a complete and accurate accounting of all funds
received pursuant to this chapter.