Senate BillNo. 188


Introduced by Senator Liu

February 6, 2013


An act to amend Sections 4019.2, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4104, 4105, 4108, 4109, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4121, 4129, 4130, 4131, 4131.5, 4133, 4134, 4135, 4136, and 4137 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 4951, 4952, 4953, 4956, and 4957 of, and to add Section 4959 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to conservation camps.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 188, as introduced, Liu. Conservation camps: county-operated camps.

Existing law establishes the California Conservation Camp program to provide for the training and use of the inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in the furtherance of public conservation. Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to use inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps for fire prevention, fire control, and other work of the department, and authorizes the department to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with a public agency, local, state, or federal, or with a qualified nonprofit organization that has a demonstrated ability to plan, implement, and complete a conservation project, and that meets specified criteria as determined by the department, for the performance of other conservation projects that are appropriate for those public agencies or that nonprofit organization under policies that are required to be established by the Prison Industry Authority.

This bill would instead require that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation utilize inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control, and other work of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and would authorize the department to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements for the performance of these conservation projects, as prescribed. The bill would also authorize a county sheriff to utilize inmates assigned to county conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire suppression and control, and other work as may be assigned by the sheriff.

Existing law authorizes the establishment in each county of an industrial farm or industrial road camp in which prisoners are held in custody and required to work on the farm or camp, and prescribes procedures for the adoption of a resolution by a county board of supervisors before establishing such an industrial farm or road camp. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of any incorporated city to avail itself of the use of the industrial farm or road camp upon adoption of a resolution and subject to reimbursing the county for the care of the city’s prisoners.

This bill would additionally authorize the establishment in each county of a conservation camp, as defined. The bill would permit an industrial farm, industrial road camp, or conservation camp to be operated by the sheriff or the director of the county department of corrections who would be required to establish administrative rules consistent with the rules of the jail, or to be operated as an entity separate from the county jail administered by a superintendent subject to administrative rules adopted by the board of supervisors. The bill would make existing statutory provisions that govern the administration and operation of an industrial farm or industrial road camp also applicable to a conservation camp. The bill would also authorize a county to establish conservation camps for women prisoners in accordance with prescribed requirements.

Existing law specifies that any inmate sentenced to county jail who is assigned to a conservation camp by a sheriff and who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration shall instead earn 2 days of credit for every one day of service.

This bill would make these provisions governing incarceration credits applicable instead to any inmate sentenced to a county jail who is assigned to a state- or county-operated conservation camp by a sheriff.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 4019.2 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:

3

4019.2.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other law,begin delete anyend deletebegin insert anend insert inmate
4sentenced to county jailbegin insert who isend insert assigned to abegin insert state- or end insert
5begin insertcounty-operatedend insert conservation camp by a sheriff and who is eligible
6to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarceration pursuant
7to Section 4019 shall instead earn two days of credit for every one
8day of service.

9(b) Notwithstanding any other law,begin delete anyend deletebegin insert anend insert inmate who has
10completed training for assignment to a conservation camp or to a
11state or county facility as an inmate firefighter or who is assigned
12to a county or state correctional institution as an inmate firefighter
13and who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of
14incarceration pursuant to Section 4019 shall instead earn two days
15of credit for every one day served in that assignment or after
16completing that training.

17(c) In addition to credits granted pursuant to subdivision (a) or
18(b), inmates who have successfully completed training for
19firefighter assignments shall receive a credit reduction from his or
20her term of confinement.

21(d) The credits authorized in subdivisions (b) and (c) shall only
22apply to inmates who are eligible after October 1, 2011.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 4101 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

24

4101.  

In each county an industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert industrial road
25campbegin insert, or conservation campend insert may be established underbegin delete the end delete
26begin deleteprovisions ofend delete this article.

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SEC. 3.  

Section 4102 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

28

4102.  

Before establishing an industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert industrial road
29campbegin insert, or conservation campend insert inbegin delete any countyend deletebegin insert a county,end insert the board of
30supervisorsbegin delete thereofend deletebegin insert of the countyend insert shall adopt a resolution of its
31intention so to do. The resolution shall state an amount per person
32per day for which persons from incorporated cities will be
33maintained on an industrial farmbegin insert, industrial road camp, or end insert
34begin insertconservation campend insert. Certified copies of the resolution shall be
35forwarded by the clerk of the board of supervisors to the clerks of
36all incorporated cities within the county.

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SEC. 4.  

Section 4103 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

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4103.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertUpon receipt of the resolution as provided in Section
24102, the legislative body of any incorporated city wishing to avail
3itself of the use of a proposed industrial farmbegin insert, industrial road camp, end insert
4begin insertor conservation campend insert shall adopt a resolution setting forth the
5following matters:

begin delete

61.

end delete

7begin insert(1)end insert The number of persons sentenced to imprisonment in the
8jail ofbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thatend insert city during the fiscal year last preceding the
9adoption of the resolution of intention by the board ofbegin delete supervisors;end delete
10begin insert supervisors.end insert

begin delete

112.

end delete

12begin insert(2)end insert The total number of days for which allbegin delete suchend delete persons were
13imprisoned in the jail of the city duringbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thatend insert fiscalbegin delete year;end deletebegin insert year.end insert

begin delete

143.

end delete

15begin insert(3)end insert A declaration of the desire of the city adopting the resolution
16to have the prisoners of the city cared for by the countybegin delete on theend deletebegin insert at end insert
17begin inserttheend insert industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert industrial road campbegin insert, or conservation campend insert
18 and of the agreement of the city to pay the county quarterly for
19the care of the prisoners of the city at the rate set forth in the
20resolution of intention.

begin delete

21A

end delete

22begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertA end insertcertified copy of the resolution provided for in this section
23shall be forwarded to the clerk of the board of supervisors.

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SEC. 5.  

Section 4104 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

25

4104.  

begin deleteAny end deletebegin insertA end insertboard of supervisorsbegin delete havingend deletebegin insert that hasend insert adopted a
26resolution of intention to establish an industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert industrial
27road campbegin insert, or conservation campend insert shall ascertain and enter in its
28minutes the following facts:

29(a) The number of persons sentenced to imprisonment in the
30county jail during the fiscal year last preceding the adoption of the
31resolution of intention.

32(b) The total number of days for which all persons were
33imprisoned in the county jail during that fiscal year.

34(c) The number of persons sentenced from the superior court
35of the county to any state prison upon conviction of a violation of
36Section 270 or Section 270a during that fiscal year.

37(d) The total number of days for which all personsbegin delete soend delete sentenced
38to statebegin delete prisonsend deletebegin insert prisonend insertbegin insert as described in subdivision (c)end insert werebegin delete thereinend delete
39 imprisonedbegin insert in state prisonend insert during that fiscal year.

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SEC. 6.  

Section 4105 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

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4105.  

Upon ascertaining the facts provided for in Sections
24102 to 4104, inclusive, the board of supervisors may proceed to
3establish an industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert industrial road campbegin insert, or end insert
4begin insertconservation camp. The farm or camp may be established as part end insert
5begin insertof the county jail, and, if established, shall be operated by the end insert
6begin insertsheriff or director of the county department of corrections, or as end insert
7begin insertan entity separate from the county jailend insert.

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SEC. 7.  

Section 4108 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

9

4108.  

begin deleteThe end deletebegin insertIn aend insertbegin insert county in which an industrial farm, industrial end insert
10begin insertroad camp, or conservation camp is established as an entity end insert
11begin insertseparate from the county jail, the end insertboard of supervisors shall employ
12a superintendent ofbegin delete an industrialend deletebegin insert thatend insert farm or camp andbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert anyend insert
13 other subordinate persons as may be necessary for the proper
14administrationbegin delete thereofend deletebegin insert of the farm or campend insert and the keeping of the
15prisonersbegin delete imprisoned thereonend deletebegin insert assigned to the farm or campend insert. As
16part of the compensation to be agreed upon forbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thatend insert
17 superintendent and otherbegin delete personsend deletebegin insert persons,end insert board and lodging may
18be furnished.

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SEC. 8.  

Section 4109 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

20

4109.  

begin deleteThe end deletebegin insertIn a county in which the industrial farm, industrial end insert
21begin insertroad camp, or conservation camp is made a part of the county jail, end insert
22begin insertthe sheriff or director of the county department of corrections shall end insert
23begin insertestablish rules governing the administration of the farm or camp end insert
24begin insertconsistent with the rules of the jail. In a county in which the farm end insert
25begin insertor camp is established as an entity separate from the county jail, end insert
26begin insertthe end insertboard shallbegin delete alsoend delete adopt rules governing the administration of a
27farm or camp formed under the provisions of this article and
28disciplinebegin delete thereonend deletebegin insert at that farm or campend insert in furtherance of the
29purposes of this article, which rules shall be enforced by the
30superintendent and those subordinate to himbegin insert or herend insert.

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SEC. 9.  

Section 4110 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

32

4110.  

If women are to bebegin delete sentencedend deletebegin insert assignedend insert to an industrial
33farmbegin insert end insertbegin insertor conservation campend insert, the board of supervisors establishing
34it shall providebegin delete thereonend deletebegin insert at the farm or camp forend insert separate quarters
35for women prisoners, or may establish a separatebegin delete industrialend delete farm
36begin insert or campend insert for women prisoners.begin delete Nothing in theend deletebegin insert Thisend insert sectionbegin delete shall end delete
37begin deletebe construed toend deletebegin insert does notend insert impose any requirement upon a county
38to confine male and female prisoners in the same or an adjoining
39facility or impose any duty upon a county to establish or maintain
P6    1programsbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert involve the joint participation of male and
2female prisoners.

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SEC. 10.  

Section 4111 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

4

4111.  

If a separatebegin insert industrialend insert farmbegin insert or conservation campend insert for
5women prisoners is establishedbegin insert pursuant to Section 4105,end insert it shall
6be consideredbegin delete asend delete a part of the industrial farmbegin insert or conservation campend insert
7 of the county within the meaning of all provisions of this article,
8except thatbegin delete none butend deletebegin insert onlyend insert women prisoners shall be admitted to it.
9A womanbegin delete assistant to theend deletebegin insert deputy sheriff, assistant to the director end insert
10begin insertof the county department of corrections, orend insert superintendent ofbegin delete an end delete
11begin deleteindustrialend deletebegin insert aend insert farmbegin insert or campend insert shall be in immediate charge of any farm
12begin insert or campend insert established for women prisoners only.

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SEC. 11.  

Section 4112 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

14

4112.  

When land has been acquired andbegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thoseend insert buildings
15and structures erected and improvements made as may be
16immediately necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of this
17article or arrangements have been made for an industrialbegin insert farm, end insert
18begin insertindustrialend insert road campbegin delete or campsend delete,begin insert or conservation camp,end insert the board
19of supervisors shall adopt a resolution proclaiming that an industrial
20farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert, industrialend insert road campbegin insert, or conservation campend insert has been
21established in the county and designating a day on and after which
22persons will be admitted tobegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thatend insert farm or camp. Certified copies
23of the resolution shall be forwarded by the clerk of the board of
24supervisors to each superior court judge in the county.

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SEC. 12.  

Section 4121 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

26

4121.  

The cost of establishing and maintaining an industrial
27farmbegin insert, industrial road camp, or conservationend insertbegin delete or industrial roadend delete
28 camp formed under this article shall be paid out of the county
29general fund. Any revenue derived frombegin delete suchend deletebegin insert theend insert farm or camp,
30including that received from any city for the care of its prisoners
31begin delete on saidend deletebegin insert at theend insert farmbegin insert or campend insert, shall be paid into the county general
32fund.

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SEC. 13.  

Section 4129 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

34

4129.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insert For the purpose of making the payments designated
35in thisbegin delete articleend deletebegin insert article,end insert the board of supervisorsbegin delete shall by orderend deletebegin insert shall, end insert
36begin insertby order,end insert provide thebegin insert sheriff, director of the county department of end insert
37begin insertcorrections, orend insert superintendent with a revolving fund. Upon order
38of the board of supervisorsbegin insert,end insert the county auditor shall draw a warrant
39in favor of thebegin insert sheriff, director of the county department of end insert
40begin insertcorrections, orend insert superintendent of an industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert, industrial end insert
P7    1begin insertroad camp, or conservationend insert camp and the county treasurer shall
2cash it. Thereafter the superintendent shall receive from the county
3general fund upon demands supported by receipts all sums paid
4out by himbegin insert or herend insert underbegin delete the provisions ofend delete this section and shall
5return all sums so received to the revolving fund.

begin delete

6The provisions of

end delete

7begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insert Section 29323 of the Government Codebegin delete areend deletebegin insert isend insert applicable
8to a revolving fund established pursuant to this section.

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SEC. 14.  

Section 4130 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

10

4130.  

So far as practicablebegin insert,end insert those in custody on an industrial
11farm shall be employed in productive labor. The products of an
12industrial farm shall be usedbegin delete: first, toend deletebegin insert for the following purposes, end insert
13begin insertin order of priority:end insert

14begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertTo end insertmaintain the prisoners and employees onbegin delete such farm; end delete
15begin deletesecond, toend deletebegin insert that farm.end insert

16begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertTo end insertsupply other county institutionsbegin delete havingend deletebegin insert inend insert needbegin delete of the end delete
17begin deletesameend delete with the farm’sbegin delete products; third, to supplyend deletebegin insert products.end insert

18begin insert(c)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertTo supply other districts and municipal corporations in need end insert
19begin insertwithin the countyend insertbegin insert withend insertbegin insert the farm’s products.end insert

20begin insert (d)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertTo supply end insertthe needs of paupers, incompetents, poor and
21indigent persons and those incapacitated by age, disease or accident
22with whose relief and support the county is charged.

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SEC. 15.  

Section 4131 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

24

4131.  

Subject to regulations adopted by the board ofbegin delete supervisorsend delete
25begin insert supervisors,end insert the superintendentbegin insert, sheriff, or director of the county end insert
26begin insertdepartment of correctionsend insert shall maintain disciplinebegin delete onend deletebegin insert atend insert an
27industrial farmbegin insert, industrial road camp, or conservation campend insert.
28 Whenever the superintendentbegin insert, sheriff, or director of the county end insert
29begin insertdepartment of correctionsend insert reports to the county classification
30committeebegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert assignedbegin delete anyend deletebegin insert aend insert prisoner to an industrial farm
31begin delete orend deletebegin insert, industrial road camp, or conservationend insert camp that the prisoner
32refuses to abide by the rules ofbegin insert, or work at,end insert the farm or campbegin delete or end delete
33begin deleterefuses to work thereonend delete, the committee may make an order
34transferring the prisoner to the county jail or city jail for the
35unexpired term of hisbegin insert or herend insert sentence, and all sums credited to the
36prisoner shall be forfeited by himbegin insert or herend insert unless they have been
37ordered paid to some person dependent upon himbegin insert or herend insert. Thereafter
38the committee may reassign the person to the industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert
39 industrial road campbegin insert, or conservation camp,end insert upon recommendation
P8    1of the superintendentbegin insert, sheriff, or director of the county department end insert
2begin insertof correctionsend insert of the farm or camp.

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SEC. 16.  

Section 4131.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

4

4131.5.  

Every person confined in, sentenced to, or serving a
5sentence inbegin delete,end delete a city or county jail, industrial farm,begin delete orend delete industrial road
6campbegin insert, or conservation campend insert in this state, who commits a battery
7upon the person of any individual who is not himself or herself a
8person confined or sentenced therein, is guilty of a public offense
9and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of
10Section 1170, or in a county jail for not more than one year.

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SEC. 17.  

Section 4133 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

12

4133.  

The boundary of every industrial farmbegin insert, industrial road end insert
13begin insertcamp, or conservation campend insert established underbegin delete the provisions ofend delete
14 this article shall be marked by a fence,begin delete hedgeend deletebegin insert a hedge,end insert orbegin delete byend delete some
15other visible line. Every person confinedbegin delete on any industrialend deletebegin insert at aend insert
16 farmbegin insert or campend insert who escapesbegin delete therefromend delete or attempts to escape
17begin delete therefromend deletebegin insert from that farm or campend insert shall upon convictionbegin delete thereofend delete
18 be imprisoned inbegin delete aend deletebegin insert theend insert state prisonbegin delete,end delete orbegin delete in theend deletebegin insert aend insert county jailbegin insert,end insert or
19begin delete industrialend deletebegin insert assigned to an industrialend insert farmbegin insert, industrial road camp, or end insert
20begin insertconservation campend insert for not to exceed one year.begin delete Any suchend deletebegin insert Thisend insert
21 imprisonmentbegin insert or assignmentend insert shall begin at the expiration of the
22imprisonmentbegin insert or assignmentend insert in effect at the time of the escape.

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SEC. 18.  

Section 4134 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

24

4134.  

begin deleteAny end deletebegin insertA end insertboard of supervisorsbegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert has established
25or desires to establish an industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert industrial road campbegin insert, end insert
26begin insertor conservation campend insert may at any time appoint an advisory board
27to consist of not less than three nor more than five persons, one
28member of which shall be a penologist and one member a
29physician.

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SEC. 19.  

Section 4135 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

31

4135.  

The advisory board shall acquaint itself with the conduct
32of the jails in the county, keep itself informed about the
33administration of the industrial farmbegin delete orend deletebegin insert,end insert industrial road camp, begin insertor end insert
34begin insertconservation camp end insertand report its recommendations and suggestions
35to the board of supervisors. It may visit any jail within the county,
36examine the records thereof, and ascertain whether or not there
37are any persons illegally committed to or detained at any jail.

38The advisory board shall encourage recreational and educational
39activities on thebegin delete industrialend delete farmbegin insert or campend insert.

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SEC. 20.  

Section 4136 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

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4136.  

Sections 4011, 4011.5, 4011.6 and 4011.7 are applicable
2to county industrial farms, county industrial road camps,begin delete andend delete joint
3county road campsbegin insert, and conservation campsend insert established pursuant
4to this chapter.

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SEC. 21.  

Section 4137 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

6

4137.  

The board of supervisors of any county in which a county
7industrial farm, industrial road camp,begin insert conservation camp,end insert or honor
8camp has been established may, by ordinance, authorize the sheriff
9or any such person responsible to the board for the care, treatment,
10and custody of prisoners assigned to himbegin insert or herend insert as sentenced
11misdemeanants or felons, serving time as a condition of probation,
12to removebegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thoseend insert prisoners from the facility to which they
13have been assigned under custody, without court order, for
14purposes such as: private medical, vision, or dental care,
15psychological care, vocational services, educational services, and
16funerals.

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SEC. 22.  

Section 4951 of the Public Resources Code is
18amended to read:

19

4951.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insert In enacting this chapter, it is the purpose of the
20Legislature to declare the existence ofbegin delete aend delete California Conservation
21Campbegin delete programend deletebegin insert programs, which include state and county end insert
22begin insertconservation camp programs,end insert to provide for the training and use
23of the inmates and wards assigned to conservation camps in the
24 furtherance of public conservation.

begin delete

25It

end delete

26begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertIt end insertis the policy of this state to require the inmates and wards
27assigned tobegin delete suchend deletebegin insert conservationend insert camps to perform public
28conservationbegin delete projectsend deletebegin insert projects,end insert including, but not limited to, forest
29begin insert and brushend insert fire prevention and control, forestbegin insert, brush,end insert and watershed
30management, recreation, fish and game management, soil
31conservationbegin insert,end insert and forest and watershed revegetation.

begin delete

32In

end delete

33begin insert(c)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertIn end insertorder to effect the maximum possible conservation and
34development of natural resources for the benefit of the people of
35this state, whenever reasonably possible, conservation projects of
36a multiple purpose nature shall be undertaken by the California
37Conservationbegin delete Campsend deletebegin insert Camp programsend insert. The various agencies
38concerned with conservation projects shall consult and advise with
39each other to promote these multiple-purpose conservation projects
P10   1and in order to achieve this goal may enter intobegin delete suchend deletebegin insert thoseend insert contracts
2as may be necessary.

begin insert

3(d) This chapter does not require a county to create or
4participate in a county conservation camp program.

end insert
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SEC. 23.  

Section 4952 of the Public Resources Code is
6amended to read:

7

4952.  

As used in this chapterbegin insert,end insert “California Conservation Camps”
8or “camps” means any camps now or hereafter established, as
9provided by law, for the purpose of receiving prisoners committed
10to the custody of thebegin delete Directorend deletebegin insert Secretaryend insert ofbegin insert the Department ofend insert
11 Correctionsbegin delete Director of the Youth Authority, and in which the end delete
12begin deletework projects performed by the inmates or wards are supervised end delete
13begin deleteby employees of the departmentend deletebegin insert and Rehabilitation or the sheriff, end insert
14begin insertand in which the work projects performed by the inmates or wards end insert
15begin insertare supervised by employees of either the Department of end insert
16begin insertCorrections and Rehabilitation, the board of supervisors, the end insert
17begin insertsheriff, or the director of the county corrections department in a end insert
18begin insertcounty participating in the operation of or operating a conservation end insert
19begin insertcamp programend insert.

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SEC. 24.  

Section 4953 of the Public Resources Code is
21amended to read:

22

4953.  

(a) Thebegin delete departmentend deletebegin insert Department of Corrections and end insert
23begin insertRehabilitationend insert shall utilize inmates and wards assigned to
24conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control,
25and other work of the department. At times it deems proper and
26on terms it deems wise, thebegin delete departmentend deletebegin insert Department of Corrections end insert
27begin insertand Rehabilitationend insert may enter into contracts or cooperative
28agreements with a public agency, local, state, or federal, or with
29a qualified nonprofit organization that has a demonstrated ability
30to plan, implement, and complete a conservation project and meets
31other criteria, as determined by the department, for the performance
32of other conservation projects that are appropriate for those public
33agencies or that nonprofit organization under policies that shall be
34established by the Prison Industry Authority. The charge for the
35service shall be determined by thebegin delete directorend deletebegin insert Secretary of the end insert
36begin insertDepartment of Corrections and Rehabilitationend insert. All these contracts
37are subject to the approval of the director and the Director of
38General Services.

39(b) For the purposes of this section, “nonprofit organization”
40means any California corporation exempt from taxation under
P11   1Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(5) of the federal Internal
2Revenue Code.

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SEC. 25.  

Section 4956 of the Public Resources Code is
4amended to read:

5

4956.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertThe conditions of work to be performed underbegin delete suchend delete
6 contracts or agreementsbegin insert entered into pursuant to Section 4953end insert
7 shall be consistent with the requirements, as determined by the
8begin delete Director of Corrections and the Director of the Youth Authorityend delete
9begin insert Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitationend insert,
10 for maintaining control of inmates or wards committed tobegin delete theirend deletebegin insert his end insert
11begin insertor herend insert respective custody.

begin insert

12(b) A county sheriff may utilize inmates assigned to county
13conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire suppression
14and control, and other work as may be assigned by the sheriff.

end insert
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SEC. 26.  

Section 4957 of the Public Resources Code is
16amended to read:

17

4957.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertConservation camp inmates and wards may be
18utilized in the rescue of lost or injured persons, the saving of life,
19and the protection of property. Thebegin delete departmentend deletebegin insert Department of end insert
20begin insertCorrections and Rehabilitation or a county sheriffend insert may cooperate
21with local agencies of government to accomplish these purposes.

begin delete

22The department

end delete

23begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertThe Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or a end insert
24begin insertcounty sheriffend insertbegin insert end insertmay also, upon the request of the appropriate local
25agency, utilize conservation camp inmates and wards in the
26performance of watershed revegetation and related work necessary
27to prevent flood damage to land resulting from the destruction of
28vegetation by fire.

29

SEC. 27.  

Section 4959 is added to the Public Resources Code,
30to read:

31

4959.  

Conservation camp inmates or wards assigned to a
32California Conservation Camp that is operated by the state or that
33is a county-operated conservation camp under the direction of the
34county sheriff shall be required to comply with the requirements
35of Section 4019.2 of the Penal Code.



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