AB 1439, as introduced, Chiu. Juveniles: crimes.
Existing law, the Youth Authority Act, governs the commitment of juvenile offenders to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities. Existing law provides that the purpose of those provisions is to protect society from the consequences of criminal activity. Existing law requires community restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment to be substituted for retributive punishment and to be directed toward the correction and rehabilitation of young persons who have committed public offenses.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that 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 1700 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
2 is amended to read:
The purpose of this chapter is to protect society from
4the consequences of criminalbegin delete activity and toend deletebegin insert activity. Toend insert that
5purposebegin insert,end insert community restoration, victim restoration, and offender
P2 1training and treatment shall be substituted for retributive
2punishment and shall be directed toward the correction and
3rehabilitation of young persons who have committed public
4offenses.
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