BILL NUMBER: AB 1222	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   707
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 6, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 23, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 29, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kuehl
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aroner, Bock, Jackson, Keeley,
Leach, Longville, Romero, and Strom-Martin)
   (Coauthor:  Senator Bowen)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 11198 to the Penal Code, relating to
corrections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1222, Kuehl.  Corrections.
   Existing law establishes the Interstate Corrections Compact Act
and the Western Interstate Corrections Compact Act which authorize
states to enter into contracts with other party states for the
confinement of inmates on behalf of the sending state in institutions
situated within a receiving state.  Any court, agency, or officer of
this state with the authority to commit or transfer an inmate to any
institution for confinement may commit or transfer that inmate to
any institution within or without this state if this state has
entered into a contract for the confinement of inmates in that
institution pursuant to a compact under one of the above acts.
   This bill would prohibit, except as authorized by California
statute, any city, county, city and county, or private entity from
causing to be brought into, housed in, confined in, or detained in
this state any person sentenced to serve a criminal commitment under
the authority of any jurisdiction outside of California.  The bill
also would express the intent of the Legislature that this provision
neither prohibits nor authorizes the confinement of federal prisoners
in this state.


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


  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that this
act, by ensuring continued public jurisdiction over correctional
facilities, is necessary for the protection of the public safety of
California residents and applies equally to both local and
out-of-state private entities.
   (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that California has
a legitimate interest in reserving, as exclusive unto itself,
exercise of its sovereign power to recognize the authority of any
jurisdiction, outside of this state, to enforce the housing,
confinement, or detention of any person within the borders of
California.
  SEC. 2.  Section 11198 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   11198.  (a) Except as authorized by California statute, no city,
county, city and county, or private entity shall cause to be brought
into, housed in, confined in, or detained in this state any person
sentenced to serve a criminal commitment under the authority of any
jurisdiction outside of California.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that this act shall
neither prohibit nor authorize the confinement of federal prisoners
in this state.