SECTIONS 749.3-749.33

749.3.  This title shall be known and may be cited as the CountyJuvenile Correctional Facilities Act.749.31.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) While the County Correctional Capital Expenditure Bond Act of1986 and the County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure andYouth Facility Bond Act of 1988 have provided ninety million dollars($90,000,000) for county juvenile facilities for remodeling to helpensure health and safety requirements, many problems remain. (b) Numerous county juvenile facilities throughout California aredilapidated and overcrowded and do not meet standards. Over 40percent or 4,335 facility beds are in need of renovation,reconstruction, construction, and deferred maintenance. (c) Capital improvements are necessary to protect the life andsafety of the persons confined or employed in juvenile facilities andto upgrade the health and sanitary conditions of those facilities. (d) Over two hundred twenty million dollars ($220,000,000) isneeded to remodel, upgrade, or replace 4,335 beds by the year 2000. (e) Due to fiscal constraints associated with the loss of localproperty tax revenues, counties are unable to finance theconstruction of adequate juvenile facilities. (f) Local juvenile facilities are operating over capacity or mustimplement emergency release procedures, and the population of thesefacilities is still increasing. It is essential to the public safetythat construction proceed as expeditiously as possible to relieveovercrowding and to maintain public safety and security. (g) County juvenile facilities are threatened with closure or theimposition of court ordered sanctions if health and safetydeficiencies are not corrected immediately.749.32.  As used in this article, the following terms have thefollowing meanings: (a) "County juvenile facilities" means county juvenile halls orcamps. (b) "Board" means the Board of Corrections.749.33.  (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys may beavailable to the board for the purpose of awarding grants on acompetitive basis to counties for the renovation, reconstruction,construction, completion of construction, and replacement of countyjuvenile facilities, and the performance of deferred maintenance oncounty juvenile facilities. However, deferred maintenance forfacilities shall only include items with a useful life of at least 10years. Up to 1 1/2 percent of these moneys may be used by the boardfor administration of this article. (b) No grant shall be awarded pursuant to this article unless theapplicant makes available resources in an amount equal to at least 25percent of the amount of the grant. Resources may include in-kindcontributions from participating agencies, but in no event shall theapplicant's cash contribution be less than 10 percent of the grant. (c) An application for funds shall be in the manner and formprescribed by the board and pursuant to recommendations of anallocation advisory committee appointed by the board. From theserecommendations, an allocation plan shall be developed and adopted bythe board. The allocation advisory committee shall convene uponnotification by the board. (d) Any application for funds shall include, but not be limitedto, all of the following: (1) Documentation of need for the project or projects. (2) Adoption of a formal county plan to finance construction ofthe proposed project or projects. (3) Submittal of a preliminary staffing plan for the project orprojects. (4) Submittal of architectural drawings, which shall be approvedby the board for compliance with minimum juvenile detention facilitystandards and which shall also be approved by the State Fire Marshalfor compliance with fire and life safety requirements. (5) Documentation that the facilities will be safely staffed andoperated in compliance with law, including applicable regulations ofthe board. (e) The board shall not be deemed a responsible agency, as definedin Section 21069 of the Public Resources Code, or otherwise besubject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13(commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for anyactivities undertaken or funded pursuant to this title. Thissubdivision does not exempt any local agency from the requirements ofthe California Environmental Quality Act.