Bill Text: CA AB2456 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Criminal law: civil compromise.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-23 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2456 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2456-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 01, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer |
February 13, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 1377 of the Penal Code is amended to read:1377.
A felony offense that is not specified in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 and does not require registration pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 290, or any misdemeanor offense, may be resolved through civil compromise, as provided in Section 1378, except when it is committed as follows:SEC. 3.
Section 1378 of the Penal Code is repealed.SEC. 4.
Section 1378 is added to the Penal Code, to read:(a)Each person injured by an offense eligible for civil compromise specified in Section 1377 shall be notified of the availability of this section by the district attorney’s office as early as possible. The district attorney shall, in a timely manner, convey to a victim any offer of civil compromise made by a defendant.
1378.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, if the defense counsel, or the defendant if they are unrepresented, communicates an offer to civilly compromise the case pursuant to Section 1377, the district attorney should, in a timely manner, convey to a victim the offer of civil compromise.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.