California Acts of the 2011 Legislative Session
AB 109, Chapter 15
BILL NUMBER: AB 109 CHAPTERED 04/04/11
CHAPTER 15
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 4, 2011
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR APRIL 4, 2011
PASSED THE SENATE MARCH 17, 2011
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MARCH 17, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 17, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 14, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Committee on Budget (Blumenfield (Chair), Alejo,
Allen, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Cedillo, Chesbro, Dickinson,
Feuer, Gordon, Huffman, Mitchell, Monning, and Swanson)
JANUARY 10, 2011
An act to amend Sections 585, 650, 654.1, 655.5, 729, 1282.3,
1701, 1701.1, 1960, 2052, 2315, 4324, 5536.5, 6126, 6153, 6788,
7028.16, 7739, 10238.6, 11020, 11023, 11286, 11287, 11320, 16755,
17511.9, 17550.19, 22430, and 25618 of the Business and Professions
Code, to amend Sections 892, 1695.8, 1812.125, 1812.217, 2945.7,
2985.2, and 2985.3 of the Civil Code, to amend Sections 2255, 2256,
6811, 6814, 8812, 8815, 12672, 12675, 22002, 25540, 27202, 28880,
29102, 29550, 31410, 31411, and 35301 of the Corporations Code, to
amend Section 7054 of the Education Code, to amend Sections 18002,
18100, 18101, 18102, 18106, 18200, 18201, 18203, 18204, 18205, 18310,
18311, 18400, 18403, 18502, 18520, 18521, 18522, 18523, 18524,
18540, 18544, 18545, 18560, 18561, 18564, 18566, 18567, 18568, 18573,
18575, 18578, 18611, 18613, 18614, 18620, 18621, 18640, 18660,
18661, and 18680 of the Elections Code, to amend Sections 3510, 3532,
5300, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5305, 5307, 10004, 12102, 14752, 17700,
18349.5, 18435, 22753, 22780, 31880, and 50500 of the Financial Code,
to amend Sections 12004 and 12005 of the Fish and Game Code, to
amend Sections 17701, 18932, 18933, 19440, 19441, and 80174 of the
Food and Agriculture Code, to amend Sections 1195, 1368, 1369, 3108,
3109, 5954, 6200, 6201, 9056, 27443, and 51018.7 of the Government
Code, to amend Sections 264, 310, and 668 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code, to amend Sections 1390, 1522.01, 1621.5, 7051,
7051.5, 8113.5, 8785, 11100, 11100.1, 11105, 11153, 11153.5, 11162.5,
11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11353.5, 11353.6, 11353.7, 11356,
11357, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11362, 11366.5, 11366.6, 11366.8,
11370.6, 11371, 11371.1, 11374.5, 11377, 11378, 11378.5, 11379,
11379.5, 11379.6, 11380.7, 11381, 11383, 11383.5, 11383.6, 11383.7,
12401, 12700, 17061, 18124.5, 25180.7, 25189.5, 25189.6, 25189.7,
25190, 25191, 25395.13, 25515, 25541, 42400.3, 44209, 100895, 109335,
115215, 116730, 116750, 118340, and 131130 of the Health and Safety
Code, to amend Sections 700, 750, 833, 1043, 1215.10, 1764.7, 1814,
1871.4, 10192.165, 11161, 11162, 11163, 11760, 11880, 12660, and
12845 of the Insurance Code, to amend Sections 227, 6425, and 7771 of
the Labor Code, to amend Sections 145, 1318, 1672, and 1673, of the
Military and Veterans Code, to amend Sections 17, 18, 19.2, 33, 38,
67.5, 69, 71, 72, 72.5, 76, 95, 95.1, 96, 99, 107, 109, 113, 114,
115.1, 126, 136.7, 137, 139, 140, 142, 146a, 146e, 148, 148.1, 148.3,
148.4, 148.10, 149, 153, 156, 157, 168, 171c, 171d, 181, 182,
186.10, 186.22, 186.26, 186.28, 186.33, 191.5, 193, 193.5, 210.5,
217.1, 218.1, 219.1, 222, 237, 241.1, 241.4, 241.7, 243, 243.1,
243.6, 244.5, 245, 245.6, 246.3, 247.5, 261.5, 265, 266b, 266e, 266f,
266g, 271, 271a, 273.4, 273.6, 273.65, 273d, 278, 278.5, 280, 284,
288.2, 290.018, 290.4, 290.45, 290.46, 298.2, 299.5, 311.9, 313.4,
337.3, 337.7, 337b, 337c, 337d, 337e, 337f, 350, 367f, 367g, 368,
374.2, 374.8, 375, 382.5, 382.6, 386, 387, 399.5, 404.6, 405b, 417,
417.3, 417.6, 422, 422.7, 453, 455, 461, 463, 464, 470a, 470b, 473,
474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 483.5, 484b, 484i, 487b, 487d, 489, 496,
496a, 496d, 499c, 499d, 500, 502, 506b, 520, 529, 529a, 530.5, 532a,
532f, 533, 535, 537e, 538.5, 548, 549, 550, 551, 560, 560.4, 566,
570, 577, 578, 580, 581, 587, 587.1, 591, 593, 594, 594.3, 594.35,
594.4, 597, 597.5, 598c, 598d, 600, 601, 610, 617, 620, 621, 625b,
626.9, 626.95, 626.10, 629.84, 631, 636, 637, 647.6, 653f, 653h,
653j, 653s, 653t, 653u, 653w, 664, 666, 666.5, 667.5, 668, 800, 801,
803, 836.6, 1168, 1170, 1174.4, 1203.016, 1208.2, 1213, 1320, 1320.5,
2600, 2650, 2772, 2790, 2900.5, 2932, 3000, 3000.1, 3001, 3003,
3056, 3057, 4011.7, 4016.5, 4019, 4131.5, 4501.1, 4502, 4530, 4532,
4533, 4536, 4550, 4573, 4573.6, 4573.9, 4574, 4600, 11411, 11413,
11418, 11419, 12021, 12021.1, 12021.5, 12022, 12022.5, 12022.9,
12025, 12035, 12040, 12072, 12076, 12090, 12101, 12220, 12280, 12281,
12303.3, 12303.6, 12304, 12312, 12320, 12355, 12370, 12403.7, 12422,
12520, 18715, 18720, 18725, 18730, 18735, 18740, 20110, 22810,
22910, 23900, 25110, 25300, 25400, 25850, 27590, 28250, 29700, 30315,
30600, 30605, 30725, 31360, 32625, and 33410 of, to add Sections
17.5, 1203.018, 1230.1, 2057, 3000.08, and 3000.09 to, to add Title
2.05 (commencing with Section 3450) to Part 3 of, and to repeal
Sections 3060 and 3061 of, the Penal Code, to amend Sections 10283
and 10873 of the Public Contract Code, to amend Sections 5097.99,
14591, 25205, and 48680 of the Public Resources Code, to amend
Sections 7680, 7724, 7903, and 21407.6 of the Public Utilities Code,
to amend Sections 7093.6, 9278, 14521, 16910, 18631.7, 19705, 19708,
30459.15, 32471.5, 32555, 38800, 40211.5, 41171.5, 43522.5, 43606,
45867.5, 45955, 46628, 46705, 50156.18, 55332.5, 55363, and 60637 of
the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Sections 2478, 2800.4, 4463,
10501, 10752, 10801, 10802, 10803, 10851, 21464, 21651, 23104, 23105,
23109, 23109.1, 23110, 23550, and 42000 of the Vehicle Code, to
amend Section 13387 of the Water Code, and to amend Sections 871.5,
1001.5, 1731.5, 1768.7, 1768.85, 3002, 7326, 8100, 8101, 8103, 10980,
14107.2, 14107.3, 14107.4, and 17410 of, and to add Section 1710.5
to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to criminal justice
realignment, making an appropriation therefor, to take effect
immediately, bill related to the budget.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 109, Committee on Budget. Criminal justice alignment.
(1) Existing law defines a felony as a crime which is punishable
with death or by imprisonment in the state prison. Existing law also
provides that except in cases where a different punishment is
prescribed by law, every offense declared to be a felony, or to be
punishable by imprisonment in a state prison, is punishable by
imprisonment in any of the state prisons for 16 months, or 2 or 3
years. Every offense which is prescribed to be a felony punishable by
imprisonment in any of the state prisons or by a fine, but without
an alternate sentence to the county jail, may be punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine,
or by both.
This bill would instead provide that a felony is a crime that is
punishable with death, by imprisonment in the state prison, or
notwithstanding any other provision of law, by imprisonment in a
county jail for more than one year. The bill would generally provide
that felonies are punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 16
months, or 2 or 3 years. The bill provides exceptions to imprisonment
in a county jail for a variety of felonies, including serious
felonies and violent felonies, as defined, felonies requiring
registration as a sex offender, and when the defendant has a prior
conviction for a serious or violent felony, or a felony subjecting
the defendant to registration as a sex offender, among other
exceptions.
The bill would authorize counties to contract with the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation for beds in state prisons for the
commitment of persons from the county convicted of a felony.
(2) Existing law establishes within the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, the Division of Juvenile Justice, consisting of
the Division of Juvenile Facilities, the Division of Juvenile
Programs, and the Division of Juvenile Parole Operations, which
operate the statewide system governing wards of the court and other
persons committed to the department, and the detention,
rehabilitation, probation, and parole thereof. Under existing law,
and under specified circumstances, the juvenile court is authorized
to commit persons to the Division of Juvenile Justice.
This bill would provide that on and after July 1, 2011, unless a
county has entered a memorandum of understanding with the state, the
Division of Juvenile Justice shall no longer accept any juvenile
offender commitments from the juvenile courts. The bill would,
notwithstanding any other law and on and after July 1, 2011,
authorize a county to enter into a memorandum of understanding with
the state to provide for the admission of minors adjudicated for
specified offenses to the Division of Juvenile Justice.
(3) Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of any county
to authorize the correctional administrator to offer a program under
which minimum security inmates and low-risk offenders committed to a
county jail or other county correctional facility or granted
probation, or inmates participating in a work furlough program, may
voluntarily participate in a home detention program in lieu of
confinement in the county jail or other county correctional facility
under the auspices of the probation officer. Existing law provides
that the board of supervisors of any county may, upon determination
by the correctional administrator that conditions in a jail facility
warrant the necessity of releasing sentenced misdemeanor inmates
prior to their serving the full amount of a given sentence due to
lack of jail space, offer a program under which specified inmates may
be required to participate in an involuntary home detention program.
This bill would enhance the authorization granted to the
correctional administrator to offer a voluntary home detention
program to include all inmates and additionally subject those inmates
to involuntary participation in a home detention program. The bill
would provide that the board of supervisors of any county may
authorize the correctional administrator to offer a program under
which inmates being held in lieu of bail may be placed in an
electronic monitoring program, as specified. The bill would establish
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