Bill Text: CA AB1065 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1065 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Theft: aggregation: organized retail theft.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 803, Statutes of 2018. [AB1065 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1065-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly May 26, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1065

Introduced by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

February 16, 2017

An act to amend Section 2713.1 of the Penal Code, relating to prisoners.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1065, as amended, Jones-Sawyer. Prisoners: payment upon release.

Existing law requires that a prisoner be paid $200, in addition to any other payment to which the prisoner is entitled by law, upon release from a state prison. Existing law requires that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prescribe rules and regulations to establish procedures for the payment of the $200 within the first 60 days of a prisoner’s release.

This bill would ~~require the payment of $300 upon release and would~~ require the department to establish procedures for the payment of the sum within the first 40 45 days of the prisoner’s release.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 2713.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

2713.1.

(a) In addition to any other payment to which the prisoner is entitled by law, each prisoner, upon release, shall be paid the sum of ~~three~~ two hundred dollars ~~($300)~~ ($200) from moneys made available by appropriation for the purposes of this section.

(b) The department may prescribe rules and regulations to do any of the following:

(1) Limit or eliminate payments made pursuant to this section to prisoners who have not served at least six consecutive months prior to their release when the department determines that the payment is not necessary for rehabilitation of the prisoner.

(2) Establish procedures for the payment of the sum of ~~three~~ two hundred dollars ~~($300)~~ ($200) within the first 40 45 days of a prisoner’s release.

(3) Eliminate any payment provided for in this section to a parolee who, upon release, has not been paid the entire amount prescribed by this section and who willfully absconds after release on parole, but before any remaining balance of the ~~three~~ two hundred dollar ~~($300)~~ ($200) release funds has been paid.

(c) The provisions of this section do not apply if a prisoner is released to the custody of another state or to the custody of the federal government.