Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd [1st] Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.
Article 3 - Commitments to Youth Authority
California Welfare and Institutions Code — §§ 1730-1742
Sections (24)
Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 452, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 18, Sec. 13. (SB 92) Effective May 14, 2021.
a fine, defaults in the payment thereof, and is subject to imprisonment for more than 90 days under the judgment.
may, until July 1, 2021, order that the person be transferred to the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice pursuant to this subdivision. If the court makes this order and the division fails to accept custody of the person, the person shall be returned to court for resentencing. The transfer shall be solely for the purposes of housing the inmate, allowing participation in the programs available at the institution by the inmate, and allowing division parole supervision of the inmate, who, in all other aspects shall be deemed to be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Board of Parole Hearings. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2900 of the Penal Code, the secretary, with the concurrence of the director, may designate a facility under the jurisdiction of the director as a place of reception for a person described in this subdivision. The director has the
same powers with respect to an inmate transferred pursuant to this subdivision as if the inmate had been committed or transferred to the Division of Juvenile Justice either under the Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law or subdivision (a). The duration of the transfer shall extend until any of the following occurs:
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 18, Sec. 14. (SB 92) Effective May 14, 2021.
Division of Juvenile Justice shall, within the 90 days, cause the person to be observed and examined and shall forward to the court the diagnosis and recommendation concerning the person’s future care, supervision, and treatment.
remanded pursuant to Section 707.2.
Amended (as amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 29, Sec. 42) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 18, Sec. 15. (SB 92) Effective May 14, 2021.
on or before their 25th birthday are ineligible for placement in the transition-aged youth program. The department may consider the availability of program credit earning opportunities that lower the total length of time a youth serves in determining eligibility.
Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with the approval of the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2900 of the Penal Code, the secretary, with the concurrence of the director, may designate a facility under the jurisdiction of the Division of Juvenile Justice as a place of reception for a person described in this section.
program. At a minimum, the report shall include all of the following:
pilot program operated pursuant to this section shall be suspended. Any pilot program participants who were diverted from an adult prison pursuant to this section and who were housed at the Division of Juvenile Justice prior to January 1, 2020, may remain at the Division of Juvenile Justice pursuant to subdivision (e).
Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 25. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 60 days of the commitment of a ward to the Department of the Youth Authority, the department shall set an initial parole consideration date for the ward and shall notify the probation department and the committing juvenile court of that date. The department shall use the category offense guidelines contained in Sections 4951 to 4957, inclusive, of, and the deviation guidelines contained in subdivision (i) of Section 4945 of, Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations, that were in effect on January 1, 2003, in setting an initial parole consideration date.
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 423, Sec. 126. (SB 1494) Effective January 1, 2019.
No person convicted of violating Section 261, 262, or 264.1 of, subdivision (b) of Section 288 of, Section 289 of, or of sodomy or oral copulation by force, violence, duress, menace or threat of great
bodily harm as provided in Section 286 or 287 of, or former Section 288a of, the Penal Code committed when that person was 18 years of age who has previously been convicted of any such felony shall be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities. This section does not prohibit the adjournment of criminal proceedings pursuant to Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000) or Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person convicted of murder, rape or any other serious felony, as defined in Section 1192.7 of the Penal Code, committed when he or she was 18 years of age or older shall be committed to Youth Authority.
The provisions of this section shall not be amended by the Legislature except by statute passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, or by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors.
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 787, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2003. Note: This section was amended on March 7, 2000, by initiative Prop. 21.
Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd [1st] Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.
A person who is convicted of a public offense for which the maximum penalty provided by law is imprisonment for not more than 90 days, and who is found to be less than 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension, may be committed to the Authority only if it is brought to the court’s knowledge that the person has been previously convicted of a public offense or has been a ward of the juvenile court by reason of a public offense and the court is satisfied that society will best be protected by commitment to the Authority.
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 26. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 223. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.
of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to Section 1732.8 may voluntarily remain in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to complete the person’s juvenile court commitment, subject to the provisions of this section.
recent projected board hearing date for court consideration.
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The county probation department shall, with the assistance of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provide semiannual status reports to the court that summarize the person’s progress in the department’s care. However, the court shall not order or recommend any treatment, education, or other programming that is unavailable in the institution where the person is housed, and shall not deny release to a person housed in the institution based solely on the person’s failure to participate in programs that were unavailable to the person.
Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 771, Sec. 22. (AB 160) Effective September 29, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.
department. The State Department of State Hospitals shall collaborate with county probation and behavioral health to ensure continuity of care. The division shall provide contact information for the committing court, juvenile counsel of record, and related probation department for all patients in the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals upon enactment of this section and any youth placed at the State Department of State Hospitals prior to closure of the division.
assist the county in determining the least restrictive legal alternative placement for the youth.
4210 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations and In re Qawi (2004) 32.Cal.4th.1 to obtain involuntary medication orders.
facility.
not clinically necessary.
placement.
only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.
Nothing in this chapter prevents a court from revoking or suspending any license issued to the defendant under any law of this State where such revocation or suspension is otherwise provided for.
Amended by Stats. 1944, 3rd [1st] Ex. Sess., Ch. 2.
If the court sentences a person under 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension to the payment of a fine and the fine is not paid, the court may either remit the fine in whole or in part, or commit him to confinement for a length of time permitted by the statutes relating to imprisonment for failure to pay fines. But such confinement may be only in a place approved by the Authority.
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.
The juvenile court may in its discretion commit persons subject to its jurisdiction to the authority, and the authority may in its discretion accept such commitments.
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 27. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.
When a person has been committed to the custody of the authority, if it is deemed warranted by a diagnostic study and recommendation approved by the director, the judge who ordered the commitment or, if the judge is not available, the presiding judge of the court, within 120 days of the date of commitment on his or her own motion, or the court, at any time thereafter upon recommendation of the director, may recall the commitment previously ordered and resentence the person as if he or she had not previously been sentenced. The time served while in custody of the authority shall be credited toward the term of any person resentenced pursuant to this section.
As used in this section, “time served while in custody of the authority” means the period of time during which the person was physically confined in a state institution by order of the Department of the Youth Authority or the Youth Authority Board.
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 4, Sec. 28. Effective April 8, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 52 of Ch. 4.
Whenever any person who has been convicted of a public offense in adult court and committed to and accepted by the Department of the Youth Authority appears to be an improper person to be retained by the department, or to be so incorrigible or so incapable of reformation under the discipline of the department as to render his or her detention detrimental to the interests of the department and the other persons committed thereto, the department may order the return of that person to the committing court. The court may then commit the person to a state prison or sentence him or her to a county jail as provided by law for punishment of the offense of which he or she was convicted. The maximum term of imprisonment for a person committed to a state prison under this section shall be a period equal to the maximum term prescribed by law for the offense of which he or she was convicted less the period during which he or she was under the control of the department. This section shall not apply to commitments from juvenile court.
As used in this section “period during which he or she was under the control of the department” means the period of time during which he or she was physically confined in a state institution by order of the department or the Youth Authority Board.
Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 898.
A commitment to the Authority is a judgment within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Title 8 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, and is appealable.
Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1197.
When the court commits a person to the authority the court may order him conveyed to some place of detention approved or established by the authority or may direct that he be left at liberty until otherwise ordered by the authority under such conditions as in the court’s opinion will insure his submission to any orders which the authority may issue. No such person shall be transported to any facility under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority until the director has notified the sheriff of the county of the committing court of the place to which said person is to be transported and the time at which he can be received.
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.
When a court commits a person to the Authority such court shall at once forward to the Authority a certified copy of the order of commitment.
Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 79.
The judge before whom the person was tried and committed, the district attorney or other official who conducted the prosecution, and the probation officer of the county, shall obtain and with the order of commitment furnish to the authority, in writing, all information that can be given in regard to the career, habits, degree of education, age, nationality, parentage and previous occupations of such person, together with a statement to the best of their knowledge as to whether such person was industrious, and of good character, the nature of his associates and his disposition.
The reports required by this section shall be made upon forms furnished by the authority or according to an outline furnished by it.
When a person has been committed to the authority, the court and the prosecuting and police authorities and other public officials shall make available to the authority all pertinent data in their possession in respect to the case.
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 175, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.
When the juvenile court commits to the Youth Authority a person identified as an individual with exceptional needs, as defined by Section 56026 of the Education Code, the juvenile court, subject to the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 727 and subdivision (b) of Section 737, shall not order the juvenile conveyed to the physical custody of the Youth Authority until the juvenile’s individualized education program previously developed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 56340) of Chapter 4 of Part 30 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code for the individual with exceptional needs, has been furnished to the Department of the Youth Authority.
To facilitate this process the juvenile court shall assure that the probation officer communicates with appropriate staff at the juvenile court school, county office of education, or special education local planning area.