An application that has not received a recommendation from the Board of Parole Hearings favorable to the applicant shall not be forwarded to the Clerk/Executive Officer of the Supreme Court, unless the Governor, notwithstanding the fact that the board has failed to make a recommendation favorable to the applicant, especially refers an application to the justices for their recommendation.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 36, Sec. 18. (AB 452) Effective January 1, 2018.)