California Assembly Bill AB2012 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2012INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Bigelow, Wilk, Cooper, and Jones-Sawyer (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Hadley) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Santiago) FEBRUARY 16, 2016 An act to amend Section 4327 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 4325) of Title 4 of Part 3 of, to repeal Sections 4326 and 4329 of, and to repeal and add Section 4325 of, the Penal Code, relating to jails. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2012, as introduced, Bigelow. Jail Industry Program. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors in specified counties, as part of a pilot jail industry program not to exceed 4 years, to establish, with the concurrence of the county sheriff, a Jail Industry Commission for that county. Existing law also requires the county board of supervisors, upon the establishment of a commission, to create a Jail Industries Fund, as specified, which may be used to fund specified purposes. Existing law specifies the composition of these commissions. This bill would repeal the authorization to create a Jail Industry Commission as a pilot program, and would instead authorize the board of supervisors of the Counties of Los Angeles, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Tuolumne, and Ventura to authorize the county sheriff or county director of corrections to create a Jail Industry Program, as specified. The bill would also make conforming changes. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The heading of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 4325) of Title 4 of Part 3 of the Penal Code is amended to read: CHAPTER 2.5.  PILOT  JAIL INDUSTRY PROGRAMS SEC. 2. Section 4325 of the Penal Code is repealed.  4325. The board of supervisors of a county of the ninth class or the 19th class, as described in Sections 28030 and 28040, respectively, of the Government Code, or both county boards, with the concurrence of the sheriff of the county, may establish by ordinance or resolution, a Jail Industry Commission for that county, which commission shall have the same purposes, powers, and duties with respect to the county jail as the Prison Industry Authority has under Article 1 (commencing with Section 2800) of Chapter 6 of Title 1 with respect to institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections. As used in this chapter, "commission" means a Jail Industry Commission.  SEC. 3. Section 4325 is added to the Penal Code, to read: 4325. (a) The board of supervisors of the Counties of Los Angeles, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Tuolumne, and Ventura may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the sheriff or county director of corrections to create a Jail Industry Program within the county jail system. (b) The purpose of the Jail Industry Program includes all of the following: (1) To develop and operate industrial, agricultural, or service enterprises or programs employing prisoners in county correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the sheriff or county director of corrections. (2) To create and maintain working conditions within the enterprises or programs as similar as possible to those that prevail in private industry. (3) To ensure prisoners have the opportunity to work productively and earn funds, if approved by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 4019.3, and to acquire or improve effective work habits and occupational skills. (4) To allow inmates who participate in the enterprise or program the opportunity to earn additional time credits allowed under Section 4019.1 or 4019.4, if authorized by the sheriff or county director of corrections. SEC. 4. Section 4326 of the Penal Code is repealed.  4326. The commission shall be composed of nine members, four of whom shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the board of supervisors, and three of whom shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the sheriff. The chairperson of the board of supervisors or his or her designee shall also be a member. The sheriff shall be ex officio chairperson of the commission. The board of supervisors shall provide for the compensation of members of the commission, and shall provide for the meetings, support staff, and general operations of the commission.  SEC. 5. Section 4327 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 4327. Upon the establishment of the  commission,   Jail Industry Program,  the board of supervisors shall establish a Jail Industries Fund, which may be a revolving fund, for funding the operations of the  commission.   program.  All jail industry income shall be deposited in, and any prisoner compensation shall be paid to the account of the prisoner from, the Jail Industries Fund. SEC. 6. Section 4329 of the Penal Code is repealed.  4329. No commission established pursuant to Section 4325 or any county jail industry program conducted under the authority of a commission, shall remain in existence for more than four years from the date of its establishment.