Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 633

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using county jail funds for costs related to providing educational and medical services to county jail inmates.

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, if a person is required to pay a fine or a forfeiture for a

violation of state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance, with

certain exceptions, the person also pays a jail surcharge in the amount of 1 percent

of the fine or forfeiture imposed or $10, whichever is greater. If multiple offenses are

involved, the person pays the jail surcharge on the basis of each fine or forfeiture, and

if a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the person pays a reduced jail

surcharge in proportion to the suspension.

The monies collected from jail surcharges are placed in a county jail fund.

Under current law, counties may make payments for construction, remodeling,

repair, or improvement of county jails from county jail funds.

Under this bill, counties may use county jail funds, in addition to the uses

allowed under current law, to make payments for costs related to providing

educational and medical services to inmates.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DOC

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Corrections and the Courts, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 19, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Apr 7, 2010 official source full page