BILL NUMBER: AB 807	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1202.7 of the Penal Code, relating to
probation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 807, as introduced, Ammiano. Probation services.
   Existing law makes specified findings relating to the provision of
probation services, including the primary considerations in the
granting of probation.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1202.7 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   1202.7.   (a)    The Legislature finds and
declares that the provision of probation services is an essential
element in the administration of criminal justice.  The

    (b)     The primary considerations in the
granting of probation shall be the  safety of the public, which
shall be a primary goal through the enforcement of court-ordered
conditions of probation; the nature of the offense; the interests of
justice, including punishment, reintegration of the offender into the
community, and enforcement of conditions of probation; the loss to
the victim; and the needs of the defendant  shall be the
primary considerations in the granting of probation  .
 It 
    (c)     It  is the intent of the
Legislature that efforts be made  with respect to 
 to engage in treatment  persons who are subject to Section
290.011  and  who are on probation  to engage them
in treatment  .