SECTIONS 6001-6005
PENAL CODE
SECTION 6001-6005
SECTION 6001-6005
6001. Commencing July 1, 2005, the establishment, organization,jurisdiction, powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions of theYouth Authority as provided in the Youth Authority Act (Chapter 1(commencing with Section 1700) of Division 2.5 of the Welfare andInstitutions Code), as it existed on June 30, 2005, are continued inthe Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division ofJuvenile Facilities.6005. (a) Whenever a person confined to a correctional institutionunder the supervision of the Department of Corrections andRehabilitation is charged with a public offense committed within theconfines of that institution and is tried for that public offense, acity, county, or superior court shall be entitled to reimbursementfor reasonable and necessary costs connected with that matter. (b) The appropriate financial officer or other designated officialof a county or the city finance officer of a city incurring anycosts in connection with that matter shall make out a statement ofall the costs incurred by the county or city for the investigation,the preparation for the trial, participation in the actual trial ofthe case, all guarding and keeping of the person, and the executionof the sentence of the person, properly certified to by a judge ofthe superior court of the county. The statement may not include anycosts that are incurred by the superior court pursuant to subdivision(c). The statement shall be sent to the department for its approval.After the approval the department must cause the amount of the coststo be paid out of the money appropriated for the support of thedepartment to the county treasurer of the county or the city financeofficer of the city incurring those costs. (c) The superior court shall prepare a statement of all costsincurred by the court for the preparation of the trial and the actualtrial of the case. The statement may not include any costs that areincurred by the city or county pursuant to subdivision (a). Thestatement shall be sent to the Administrative Office of the Courtsfor approval and reimbursement. (d) No city, county, or other jurisdiction may file, and the statemay not reimburse, a claim pursuant to this section that ispresented to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or toany other agency or department of the state more than six monthsafter the close of the month in which the costs were incurred.