Bill Text: CA AB2495 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2018. [AB2495 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2495-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2495

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Introduced by Assembly Members Mayes and Eduardo Garcia

February 14, 2018

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An act to add Section 688.5 to the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2495, as introduced, Mayes. Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances.

Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions.

This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, from charging a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 688.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

688.5.

 A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.