Senate Bill No. 1031

Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 12, 2016

An act to add Section 6027.5 to, and amend and repeal Section 13010.5 of, the Penal Code, relating to criminal statistics, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1031, as introduced, Hancock. Juvenile justice information system.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to collect information regarding the juvenile justice system. Existing law requires the department to annually present to the Governor a report containing the criminal statistics of the preceding year. Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections to collect and maintain available information and data about state and community correctional policies, practices, capacities, and needs.

This bill would require the Board of State and Community Corrections, on or before July 1, 2019, to establish a Juvenile Justice Information System to develop and maintain statewide statistical information, as specified. The bill would additionally, on January 1, 2020, remove the require that the Department of Justice collect information regarding the juvenile justice system. The bill would appropriate an unspecified sum from the General Fund to the Board of State and Community Corrections for the purpose of funding the development of a design structure and implementation plan for the Juvenile Justice Information System.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 6027.5 is added to the Penal Code, to
read:

6027.5.  

(a) On or before January 1, 2018, the Board of State
and Community Corrections shall develop, with advice from the
Chief Probation Officers of California and other stakeholders
consistent with the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 6024,
a design structure and implementation plan for the California
Juvenile Justice Information System.

(b) On or before July 1, 2019, the Board of State and Community
Corrections shall establish and implement a California Juvenile
Justice Information System consistent with this act.

(c) The purpose of the California Juvenile Justice Information
System shall be to develop and maintain statewide statistical
information, including information collected and shared by
counties, which promotes the operational and program effectiveness
of state and local juvenile justice systems in California in reducing
the incidence of juvenile crime and recidivism among juvenile
offenders. The information system to be developed by the Board
of State and Community Corrections shall include, but not be
limited to, the following features:

(1) Providing for the integrated and user-friendly collection and
reporting of statewide juvenile justice data reflecting key
demographic and case processing characteristics of children who
come into contact with the juvenile justice system.

(2) Providing data relating to the effectiveness of programs,
practices, or other prevention and intervention strategies employed
to respond to juvenile crime and reduce recidivism among juvenile
offenders.

(3) Facilitate and support the scope and quality of data
describing the characteristics and needs of youthful offenders and
the juvenile justice programs and practices necessary to effectively
manage state and local resources invested in the juvenile justice
system.

(4) Support local juvenile justice agencies in developing and
maintaining local juvenile justice data systems and in the collection
and submission of local juvenile justice data to state agencies.

(d) In establishing the technology infrastructure for the
development of the California Juvenile Justice Information System,
the board shall adopt a set of goals and objectives consistent with
this section, to be reflected in a system design which shall support
the direction for the information system.

SEC. 2.  

Section 13010.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

13010.5.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The department shall collect data pertaining to
the juvenile justice system for criminal history and statistical
purposes. This information shall serve to assist the department in
complying with the reporting requirement of subdivisions (c) and
(d) of Section 13012, measuring the extent of juvenile delinquency,
determining the need for and effectiveness of relevant legislation,
and identifying long-term trends in juvenile delinquency. Any data
collected pursuant to this section may include criminal history
information which may be used by the department to comply with
the requirements of Section 602.5 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code.

begin insert

(b) The department shall assist the Board of State and
Community Corrections, at the request and direction of the board,
in the development of the California Juvenile Justice Information
System, established by Section 6027.5, in transitioning data
collected pursuant to this section.

end insert begin insert

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.

end insert

SEC. 3.  

The sum of ____ dollars ($____) is hereby appropriated
from the General Fund to the Board of State and Community
Corrections for the purpose of funding the development of a design
structure and implementation plan for the California Juvenile
Justice Information System.