California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2655


Introduced by Assembly Member Weber

February 19, 2016


An act to amend Section 18.5 of the Penal Code, relating to misdemeanors.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2655, as introduced, Weber. Misdemeanors: maximum sentence.

Existing law defines a crime or public offense as an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it. Under existing law, a crime that is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed a year is a misdemeanor. Existing law provides that every offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail up to or not exceeding one year is punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 364 days.

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:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 18.5 of the Penal Code is amended to
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18.5.  

Every offensebegin delete whichend deletebegin insert thatend insert is prescribed bybegin delete anyend deletebegin insert aend insert law of
4the state to be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail up to
P2    1or not exceeding one year shall be punishable by imprisonment in
2a county jail for a period notbegin delete to exceedend deletebegin insert exceedingend insert 364 days.



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