BILL NUMBER: SB 1031	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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.   (a)   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. 
   (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.  
   (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. 
  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.