BILL NUMBER: AB 1840	CHAPTERED  09/11/00

	CHAPTER   399
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 10, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 20, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 20, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bates

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2000

   An act to amend Section 1202.5 of the Penal Code, relating to
fines.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1840, Bates.  Crime prevention programs:  fines.
   Existing law provides that persons convicted of certain crimes
may, at the court's discretion, be required to pay a $10 fine that is
used to implement local crime prevention programs, as specified.
   This bill would make imposition of the $10 fine mandatory and
provide that the amounts collected would be held in trust for crime
prevention purposes.  The bill would add forgery, theft, and
vandalism to the list of offenses subject to the fine.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1202.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   1202.5.  (a) In any case in which a defendant is convicted of any
of the offenses enumerated in Section 211, 215, 459, 470, 484, 487,
488, or 594, the court shall order the defendant to pay a fine of ten
dollars ($10) in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed.  If
the court determines that the defendant has the ability to pay all or
part of the fine, the court shall set the amount to be reimbursed
and order the defendant to pay that sum to the county in the manner
in which the court believes reasonable and compatible with the
defendant's financial ability.  In making a determination of whether
a defendant has the ability to pay, the court shall take into account
the amount of any other fine imposed upon the defendant and any
amount the defendant has been ordered to pay in restitution.
   (b) (1) All fines collected pursuant to this section shall be held
in trust by the county collecting them, until transferred to the
local law enforcement agency to be used exclusively for the
jurisdiction where the offense took place.  All moneys collected
shall implement, support, and  continue local crime prevention
programs.
   (2) All amounts collected pursuant to this section shall be in
addition to, and shall not supplant funds received for crime
prevention purposes from other sources.
   (c) As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" includes,
but is not limited to, police departments, sheriffs departments, and
probation departments.