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California Code
PENAL CODE
SECTION 13800-13811




13800. Unless otherwise required by context, as used in this title:
(a) "Agency" means the California Emergency Management Agency.
(b) "Council" means the California Council on Criminal Justice.
(c) "Federal acts" means the federal Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968, the federal Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
and Control Act of 1968, and any act or acts amendatory or
supplemental thereto.
(d) "Local boards" means local criminal justice planning boards.
(e) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Emergency Management.
(f) This section shall be repealed on July 1, 2012.



13800. Unless otherwise required by context, as used in this title,
on and after July 1, 2012:
(a) "Agency" means the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(b) "Board" means the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(c) "Federal acts" means the federal Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968, the federal Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
and Control Act of 1968, and any act or acts amendatory or
supplemental thereto.
(d) "Local boards" means local criminal justice planning boards.
(e) "Executive director" means the Executive Director of the Board
of State and Community Corrections.
(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.



13801. Nothing in this title shall be construed as authorizing the
board, or the local boards to undertake direct operational criminal
justice responsibilities.



13810. (a) There is hereby created in the state government the
California Council on Criminal Justice, which shall be composed of
the following members: the Attorney General; the Administrative
Director of the Courts; 19 members appointed by the Governor,
including the Commissioner of the Department of the Highway Patrol,
the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or
his or her designee, a subordinate officer of the Secretary of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the State Public Defender; eight
members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and eight members
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(b) (1) The remaining appointees of the Governor shall include
different persons from each of the following categories: a district
attorney, a sheriff, a county public defender, a county probation
officer, a member of a city council, a member of a county board of
supervisors, a faculty member of a college or university qualified in
the field of criminology, police science, or law, a person qualified
in the field of criminal justice research and six private citizens,
including a representative of a citizens, professional, or community
organization.
(2) The Senate Committee on Rules shall include among its
appointments different persons from each of the following categories:
a member of the Senate Committee on Public Safety, a representative
of the counties, a representative of the cities, a judge designated
by the Judicial Council, and four private citizens, including a
representative of a citizens, professional, or community
organization.
(3) The Speaker of the Assembly shall include among his or her
appointments different persons from each of the following categories:
a representative of the counties, a representative of the cities, a
member of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, a chief of police,
a peace officer, and three private citizens, including a
representative of a citizens, professional, or community organization
directly related to delinquency prevention.
(c) The Governor shall select a chairperson from among the members
of the council.
(d) This section shall be repealed on January 1, 2012.



13811. (a) The council shall meet no more than 12 times per year.
(b) The council may create subcommittees of its own membership and
each subcommittee shall meet as often as the subcommittee members
find necessary. It is the intent of the Legislature that all council
members shall actively participate in all council deliberations
required by this chapter. Any member who misses three consecutive
meetings or who attends less than 50 percent of the council's
regularly called meetings in any calendar year for any cause except
severe temporary illness or injury shall be automatically removed
from the council.
(c) This section shall be repealed on January 1, 2012.



 




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