BILL NUMBER: AB 637	CHAPTERED  09/07/99

	CHAPTER   333
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 8, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   APRIL 22, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Migden

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1999

   An act to amend Section 1700 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to minors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 637, Migden.  Youth Authority.
   Existing law, the Youth Authority Act, governs the commitment of
juvenile offenders to the Department of the Youth Authority.  The act
states that the purpose of those provisions is to protect society
from the consequences of criminal activity and, to that end, training
and treatment shall be substituted for retributive punishment.
   This bill would revise that statement to provide that community
restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment
shall be substituted for retributive punishment.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1700 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   1700.  The purpose of this chapter is to protect society from the
consequences of criminal activity and to that purpose community
restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment
shall be substituted for retributive punishment and shall be directed
toward the correction and rehabilitation of young persons who have
committed public offenses.