BILL NUMBER: AB 2716 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 24, 2000
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bock
FEBRUARY 25, 2000
An act to add Title 11.9 (commencing with Section 14190) to Part 4
of the Penal Code, relating to homicide prevention and victim
services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2716, as amended, Bock. Homicide prevention and services to
crime victims.
Existing law establishes various crime prevention programs and
provides for certain services for victims of crime.
This bill would establish the California Homicide Prevention and
Victim Services Act.
The bill would establish a Homicide Prevention and Victim Services
Fund, which would be funded through appropriations made in the
annual Budget Act. The fund would be managed by the Attorney
General, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the Board of Corrections, and the State Director of
Health Services Office of Criminal Justice Planning
.
Moneys in the fund would be expended to evaluate and expand the
most effective violence prevention and crime victim programs in each
county and city, as specified.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Title 11.9 (commencing with Section 14190) is added to
Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:
TITLE 11.9. CALIFORNIA HOMICIDE PREVENTION AND VICTIM SERVICES
ACT
14190. This title shall be known and may be cited as the
California Homicide Prevention and Victim Services Act.
14191. (a) The Homicide Prevention and Victim Services Fund is
hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be funded through
appropriations made in the annual Budget Act.
(b) The fund shall be managed by the Attorney General, in
consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the
Board of Corrections, and the State Director of Health Services.
Office of Criminal Justice Planning.
(c) Cities and counties may apply to the Attorney General
Office of Criminal Justice Planning for a grant
from the fund. The application shall include a description of the
violence prevention and victim services programs that exist in the
city or county and an evaluation of the effectiveness of each of
these programs.
14192. (a) In awarding grants from the Homicide Prevention and
Victim Services Fund, the Attorney General
Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall give priority to
programs which provide the following services in the most effective
manner:
(1) Domestic violence prevention programs, including, but not
limited to, those serving families with infants, providing shelter
for those who are enmeshed in violent relationships, serving family
members of homicide victims, serving people who have been arrested in
domestic violence incidents, or serving individuals who need anger
management counseling.
(2) School-based violence prevention programs, including, but not
limited to, those addressing character development, those fostering a
culture of peace on the campus, and programs in which young people
can learn skills to help attain their goals nonviolently.
(3) Juvenile offender programs, including, but not limited to,
those serving individuals involved in the juvenile probation, jail,
or prison systems; those serving youth who have been arrested at an
early age, who are failing in school, or who are involved with drugs
or gangs.
(4) Parolee programs, including, but not limited to, those serving
to reintegrate prisoners so that they become productive and
law-abiding citizens.
(5) Mental health programs, including, but not limited to, those
providing shelter to mentally ill individuals, or providing suicide
prevention.
(b) In evaluating the effectiveness of programs pursuant to
subdivision (a), the Attorney General Office
of Criminal Justice Planning may consider the following
factors:
(1) Whether the program resulted in a significant decrease in the
number of violent crimes in the jurisdiction of the applicant county
or city.
(2) Whether the program received matching funds from a local
government.
(3) Whether, in the opinion of the Attorney General
Office of Criminal Justice Planning , the
program is well-administered.
(4) Whether the program has been subject to a credible evaluation,
as determined by the Attorney General Office
of Criminal Justice Planning , and found to be successful and
cost-effective.
14193. (a) The maximum amount that the Attorney General
Office of Criminal Justice Planning may award to
a city or county from the fund, shall be 65 percent of the applicant
program annual cost.
14194. (a) Cities and counties shall use funds awarded from this
fund solely for the purpose of homicide prevention and victim
services, including the components listed in subdivision (a) of
Section 14193 14192 . It is the intent
of the Legislature that each city and county that receives a grant
from this fund include all of those components in its homicide
prevention and victim services program within five years of its
initial receipt of these funds.
(b) A city and county may combine the grants each receives from
the fund for the purpose of jointly developing or operating homicide
prevention and victim services programs in their jurisdictions.
(c) The funding provided by this title shall not be used to
replace moneys that support existing programs or caseloads, nor to
fund programs that ceased to operate after January 1, 1997. As a
condition of receiving funds under this title, cities and counties
shall demonstrate that they have continued those programs in
existence to the extent they are cost-effective in preventing
homicide and addressing the needs of families of homicide victims,
and that the programs are funded by sources other than this title.
14195. The Attorney General Office of
Criminal Justice Planning shall expend 10 percent of the moneys
from the fund to evaluate the effectiveness of violence prevention
and victim services programs in the state and to support the
development of a coordinated and cost-effective approach to violence
prevention and victim services on a statewide and regional basis.
The evaluation shall utilize the best available information and be
used by the Attorney General Office of
Criminal Justice Planning to guide managers of homicide and
victim services programs toward increased effectiveness and to guide
state and private funding agencies toward the most effective
expenditure of available funds.
14196. The administrative costs of administering this fund shall
be paid from the General Fund pursuant to the Budget Act.
14197. The Attorney General Office of
Criminal Justice Planning , after consultation as provided by
subdivision (b) of Section 14191, shall adopt regulations governing
the administration of this title.