California Penal Code 8091 – (a) From the amount of money appropriated for purposes of this …
(a) From the amount of money appropriated for purposes of this chapter to the board, the board shall allocate block grants to counties or collaborations of counties that have passed a community corrections resolution, have applied for funding, and have complied with the administrative process as prescribed by the board.
(b) Each county or collaboration of counties shall maintain a complete and accurate accounting of all funds received pursuant to this section. These funds shall be used only for community-based punishment programs as authorized by this chapter and shall be used only as permitted by the regulations and guidelines established by the board.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 8091
- Board: means the Board of Corrections, unless otherwise indicated. See California Penal Code 8052
- Community-based punishment: means a partnership between the state and a county or a collaboration of counties to manage and provide correctional services, especially those services considered to be intermediate sanctions at the local level of government for targeted, select offender populations pursuant to the community corrections plan of a county or a collaboration of counties. See California Penal Code 8052
- county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
(c) Unexpended funds provided to counties shall be returned to the board and may be reallocated by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 41, Sec. 4. Effective November 30, 1994.)