BILL NUMBER: AB 2012	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Bigelow, Wilk, Cooper, and
Jones-Sawyer
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Hadley)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Santiago)

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act to amend Section 4327 of, to amend the heading of Chapter
2.5 (commencing with Section 4325) of Title 4 of Part 3 of, to repeal
Sections 4326 and 4329 of, and to repeal and add Section 4325 of,
the Penal Code, relating to jails.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2012, as amended, Bigelow. Jail Industry Program.
   Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors in specified
counties, as part of a pilot jail industry program not to exceed 4
years, to establish, with the concurrence of the county sheriff, a
Jail Industry Commission for that county. Existing law also requires
the county board of supervisors, upon the establishment of a
commission, to create a Jail Industries Fund, as specified, which may
be used to fund specified purposes. Existing law specifies the
composition of these commissions.
   This bill would repeal the authorization to create a Jail Industry
Commission as a pilot program, and would instead authorize the board
of supervisors of the Counties of Los Angeles,  Sacramento, San
Diego,  San Joaquin, Sonoma,  Tulare,  Tuolumne, and
Ventura to authorize the county sheriff or county director of
corrections to create a Jail Industry Program, as specified. The bill
would also make conforming changes. 
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Los Angeles,
Sacramento, San Diego, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Tulare, Tuolumne, and
Ventura. 
   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.  The heading of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section
4325) of Title 4 of Part 3 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
      CHAPTER 2.5.  JAIL INDUSTRY PROGRAMS


  SEC. 2.  Section 4325 of the Penal Code is repealed.
  SEC. 3.  Section 4325 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   4325.  (a) The board of supervisors of the Counties of Los
Angeles,  Sacramento, San Diego,  San Joaquin, Sonoma, 
Tulare,  Tuolumne, and Ventura may authorize, by ordinance or
resolution, the sheriff or county director of corrections to create a
Jail Industry Program within the county jail system.
   (b) The purpose of the Jail Industry Program includes all of the
following:
   (1) To develop and operate industrial, agricultural, or service
enterprises or programs employing prisoners in county correctional
facilities under the jurisdiction of the sheriff or county director
of corrections.
   (2) To create and maintain working conditions within the
enterprises or programs as similar as possible to those that prevail
in private industry.
   (3) To ensure prisoners have the opportunity to work productively
and earn funds, if approved by the board of supervisors pursuant to
Section 4019.3, and to acquire or improve effective work habits and
occupational skills.
   (4) To allow inmates who participate in the enterprise or program
the opportunity to earn additional time credits allowed under Section
4019.1 or 4019.4, if authorized by the sheriff or county director of
corrections.
  SEC. 4.  Section 4326 of the Penal Code is repealed.
  SEC. 5.  Section 4327 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   4327.  Upon the establishment of the Jail Industry Program, the
board of supervisors shall establish a Jail Industries Fund, which
may be a revolving fund, for funding the operations of the program.
All jail industry income shall be deposited in, and any prisoner
compensation shall be paid to the account of the prisoner from, the
Jail Industries Fund.
  SEC. 6.  Section 4329 of the Penal Code is repealed.
   SEC. 7.    The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique needs of the Counties
of Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Tulare,
Tuolumne, and Ventura.