CHAPTER 3. Juvenile Facilities [4497.20. - 4497.38.]

Cal. Penal Code - PEN 3.
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Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.20. Section 4497.20.

(a) The Department of the Youth Authority is hereby directed to administer the moneys intended for juvenile facilities in the County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Youth Facility Bond Act of 1988, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (b) It is the intention of the Legislature to make the money appropriated for allocation under this chapter available to counties with established and documented needs for capital projects for juvenile facilities. (c) Counties that apply for funds to alleviate overcrowding shall submit a preliminary staffing plan for the proposed facility, along with an analysis of other operating costs anticipated for the facility, to the Department of the Youth Authority for review and comment. Prior to submission of the staffing plan and operating cost analysis to the department, the board of supervisors shall have reviewed and approved the submittal in or following public hearings. The chief probation officer shall also have reviewed and commented on the preliminary staffing plan and operating cost analysis. The department shall comment in writing to the chief probation officer and board of supervisors. This response shall be a public record. (d) The Department of the Youth Authority shall conduct an assessment of the needs of counties for juvenile facilities in California which shall be submitted to the Legislature by June 30, 1990.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.22. Section 4497.22.

Funds appropriated to the Department of the Youth Authority for allocation under this chapter shall be allocated as provided by this chapter.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.24. Section 4497.24.

Two million three hundred fifty-seven thousand seven hundred seventy-eight dollars ($2,357,778) shall be set aside initially for the counties that did not have juvenile facilities on January 1, 1987. These funds shall be used to construct county juvenile facilities and are hereby allocated as follows: Amador $ 33,000 Calaveras 80,000 Colusa 218,928 Glenn 213,850 Inyo 846,000 Lassen 350,000 Mariposa 50,000 Modoc 126,000 Mono 18,000 Plumas 45,000 San Benito 243,000 Sierra 10,000 Trinity 30,000 Tuolumne 94,000

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.26. Section 4497.26.

Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be set aside initially for counties that do not have efficient and adequate facilities for youth with special problems. Two or more counties may apply jointly to construct those facilities regionally. No more than three million three hundred thousand dollars ($3,300,000) shall be awarded for the construction of each regional facility.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.28. Section 4497.28.

Forty-eight million nine hundred sixty-seven thousand two hundred twenty-two dollars ($48,967,222) shall be set aside initially for counties to alleviate overcrowding and eliminate health, fire, and life safety deficiencies in juvenile facilities or provide efficient and adequate facility for youth with special problems. These funds are hereby allocated to all counties except those listed in Section 4497.24, as follows: Alameda $ 2,378,878 Butte 303,787 Contra Costa 1,329,808 Del Norte 34,798 El Dorado 210,354 Fresno 1,064,299 Humboldt 201,133 Imperial 196,087 Kern 901,792 Kings 163,725 Lake 89,431 Los Angeles 14,970,647 Madera 143,542 Marin 400,004 Mendocino 132,407 Merced 297,871 Monterey 605,660 Napa 184,952 Nevada 134,321 Orange 3,934,095 Placer 272,121 Riverside 1,700,581 Sacramento 1,696,928 San Bernardino 2,235,602 San Diego 4,123,745 San Francisco 1,275,871 San Joaquin 794,440 San Luis Obispo 360,682 San Mateo 1,093,529 Santa Barbara 596,961 Santa Clara 2,488,758 Santa Cruz 393,914 Shasta 242,890 Siskiyou 75,338 Solano 544,764 Sonoma 636,457 Stanislaus 591,915 Sutter 107,352 Tehama 81,253 Tulare 517,621 Ventura 1,125,195 Yolo 234,887 Yuba 98,827

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.30. Section 4497.30.

(a) Two million two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($2,225,000) shall be set aside initially for bond interest costs, and two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) shall be set aside to conduct a statewide assessment of the counties’ needs for juvenile facilities. (b) Notwithstanding Section 5.5 of Chapter 1130 of the Statutes of 1989, up to two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) shall be available for assistance to counties in planning and development of projects funded under Section 5 of Chapter 1327 of the Statutes of 1989 and in accordance with Section 4497.20.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.32. Section 4497.32.

(a) Funds which were set aside initially as provided by Sections 4497.24 to 4497.30, inclusive, that are not used and funds that were allocated under the provisions of the County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1986 that are not used shall be allocated by the Department of the Youth Authority to those counties that received an allocation under Section 4497.28 which was not sufficient to fund the remaining portion of the total cost of the approved projects. The amount of each of those county’s allocation shall be that county’s per capita share of the total funds available for all counties with partially funded projects, or the amount needed to complete funding of that county’s approved projects, whichever is less. At no time shall the allocation exceed 75 percent of the total eligible costs. (b) The allocation procedure described in subdivision (a) shall be repeated until all of the available funds are awarded. (c) Funds awarded by the Department of the Youth Authority under this section shall be used for the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, or replacement of county juvenile facilities, and for the performance of deferred maintenance on juvenile facilities, but may only be used for the purpose of reducing current overcrowding and eliminating health, fire, and life safety hazards.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.34. Section 4497.34.

(a) Counties with overcrowded juvenile facilities shall not be eligible to receive funds to construct, reconstruct, remodel, or replace juvenile facilities unless they have adopted a plan to correct overcrowded conditions within their facilities which includes the use of alternatives to detention. The corrective action plan shall provide for the use of five or more methods or procedures to minimize the number of minors detained and shall be approved by the board of supervisors during or subsequent to a public hearing. (b) To be eligible for funding under this chapter, the county shall enter into a contract with the Department of the Youth Authority and begin construction or renovation work within six years of the operative date of the regulations that implement this chapter. If a county fails to meet this requirement, any allocations or awards to that county under this chapter shall be deemed void and any moneys allocated or awarded to that county shall revert to the Department of the Youth Authority for reallocation to another county as provided by Section 4497.32. The department may waive this requirement if it determines that there are unavoidable delays in starting construction. (c) To be eligible for funding for juvenile facilities under the County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1986, the county shall enter into a contract with the Department of the Youth Authority and begin construction or renovation work by July 31, 1991. If a county fails to meet this requirement, all allocations or awards that have been made to that county under that act shall be deemed void and any moneys allocated or awarded to that county shall revert to the Department of the Youth Authority and are reappropriated for reallocation as provided by Section 4497.32. The department may waive this requirement if it determines that there are unavoidable delays in starting construction. (d) Excluding moneys allocated for San Bernardino County, the Department of the Youth Authority shall immediately reallocate unused awards to eligible participating counties.

Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4497.38. Section 4497.38.

(a) Awards shall be made only if county matching funds of 25 percent are provided except as specified in subdivision (b). (b) (1) A county or a consortium of counties may request the Director of the Department of the Youth Authority for a deferral of payment of the required matching funds for the construction of a juvenile detention facility. This request shall be approved if the county or consortium of counties meet all of the following criteria: (A) The county or consortium of counties has plans for the construction of the facility approved by the Department of the Youth Authority. (B) The facility to be built is located in Humboldt County. (C) The county or consortium of counties submits to and receives approval by the Department of the Youth Authority, a plan and schedule for payment of the required match. (2) Contribution of the county or consortium of counties matching requirement shall commence no later than three years from the date of occupation of any facility financed under this chapter. (3) Under no circumstances shall the county match for any county juvenile project be less than 25 percent.
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