Article 4 - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

California Welfare and Institutions Code — §§ 6740-6741

Sections (2)

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 457, Sec. 63. (SB 1381) Effective January 1, 2013.

The court shall attach to the order of commitment of a person with an intellectual disability its findings and conclusions, together with all the social and other data it has bearing upon the case, and the same shall be delivered to the place of commitment with the order.

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 457, Sec. 64. (SB 1381) Effective January 1, 2013.

The sheriff or probation officer, whichever is designated by the court, may execute the order of commitment with respect to a person with an intellectual disability.

In a case in which the probation officer executes the order of commitment, he or she shall be compensated for transporting the person to a state hospital in the amount and manner that a sheriff is compensated for similar services.