BILL NUMBER: AB 1478	CHAPTERED  08/28/00

	CHAPTER   249
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 28, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 17, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   FEBRUARY 17, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 13, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 3, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 8, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baugh

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Sections 6224.5  and 6227.5 to the Penal Code,
relating to community correctional facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1478, Baugh.  Community correctional facilities.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections to
administer and operate the state prison system, and provides for the
establishment and operation of community correctional centers, and
restitution centers, as defined.  Existing law also provides for the
operation of work furlough programs for eligible inmates at county
jails and state correctional facilities.
   This bill would authorize the Director of Corrections to commingle
inmates sentenced to a restitution center with inmates who are in
transit for community correctional reentry center placement.  This
bill would also require the Judicial Council to provide information
to sentencing courts to ensure that the judges responsible for
sentencing are aware of the existence of the restitution center.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 6224.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   6224.5.  The Director of Corrections may commingle inmates who
have been assigned to a restitution center pursuant to Section 6227
with inmates who  are in transit for community correctional reentry
center placement.
  SEC. 2.  Section 6227.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   6227.5.  The Judicial Council shall provide information to
sentencing courts to ensure that the judges responsible for
sentencing are aware of the existence of the restitution center.