BILL NUMBER: AB 2446	CHAPTERED  07/03/00

	CHAPTER   59
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 3, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JUNE 30, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 22, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 8, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 2, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 12, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 29, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wildman

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2000

   An act to amend  Section 990  of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to juvenile correctional facilities and youth centers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2446, Wildman.  Juveniles:  correctional facilities:  youth
centers.
   Existing law, the Juvenile and Gang Violence Prevention,
Detention, and Public Protection Act of 1998, authorizes the
Department of the Youth Authority to award grants to nonprofit
agencies that serve youths for the purpose of acquiring, renovating,
or constructing youth centers.
   This bill would add to the nonexclusive list of nonprofit agencies
that serve youth that may apply for grants.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 990 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   990.  As used in this article:
   (a) "Acquiring" means obtaining ownership of an existing facility
in fee simple for use as a youth center.
   (b) "Altering" or "renovating" means making modifications to an
existing facility that are necessary for cost-effective use as a
youth center, including restoration, repair, expansion, and all
related physical improvements.
   (c) "Applicant" means a nonprofit agency that serves youth,
including, but not limited to, organizations such as Boys and Girls
Clubs, YMCA, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire, Inc., California 4-H
Programs, the California Police Activities League, and camping
organizations that have been operating in California for a period of
not less than two years.  An applicant does not have to be operating
in the county of application in order to be a qualified applicant.
   (d) "Constructing" means the purchase or building of a new
facility, including the costs of land acquisition and architectural
and engineering fees.
   (e) "Department" means the Department of the Youth Authority.
   (f) "Nonprofit organization" means an agency or organization that
serves youth that is exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and is owned and operated by one or more corporations or
associations with no part of the net earnings benefiting any private
shareholder or individual.
   (g) "Programs" means services and activities provided in a youth
center, including, but not limited to, recreation, health and
fitness, citizenship and leadership development, job training,
delinquency prevention such as antigang programs, teen pregnancy
prevention programs, and counseling for problems such as drug and
alcohol abuse.