Bill Text: CA AB2031 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: One California program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-12 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2031 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2031-Introduced.html
Introduced by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer |
February 01, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 13300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:13300.
(a) Subject to the availability of funding in the act that added this chapter or the annual Budget Act, the department shall contract, as described in Section 13301, with qualified nonprofit legal services organizations to provide legal services to unaccompanied undocumented minors who are transferred to the care and custody of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and who are present in this state.SEC. 2.
Section 13301 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:13301.
Contracts awarded pursuant to Section 13300 shall fulfill all of the following:SEC. 3.
Section 13303 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:13303.
(a) Subject to the availability of funding in the act that added this section or the annual Budget Act, the department shall provide grants, as described in subdivision (b), to organizations qualified under Section 13304.(3)(A)(i)Funds available for the purposes of this section shall not be used to provide legal services to an individual who has been convicted of, or who is currently appealing a conviction for, a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, or a serious felony as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7 of the Penal Code.
(ii)For the purposes of this subparagraph, “legal services” does not include activities relating to client intake, which shall be provided regardless of an individual’s criminal history.
(B)Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), this section does not prohibit eligibility for services pursuant to this section for an individual whose criminal record is shown to be inaccurate.
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