Section 742.14.
Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 742.14.
in effect(a)
A city, county, or city and county may elect, by ordinance, to have the probation officer of the county recoup for it, through juvenile court proceedings in accordance with Section 742.16, its costs associated with defacement by minors of its property and the property of others by graffiti or other inscribed material. That ordinance shall include the cost finding or findings specified in subdivision (b), and if the city, county, or city and county enacts an ordinance pursuant to Section 53069.3 of the Government Code, the cost findings specified in subdivision (c). These cost findings shall be reviewed at least once every three years, at which time the city, county, or city and county, by resolution, shall adopt updated cost findings in accordance with subdivisions (b) and (c). A city, county, or city and county may rescind, by ordinance, its election to have the probation officer recoup its costs pursuant to this section. Immediately after adoption, the city or county shall cause a certified copy of an ordinance adopted pursuant to this subdivision and any resolution containing updated cost findings to be forwarded to the clerk of the juvenile court in the county and to the probation officer of the county.
(b)
A city, county, or city and county that adopts an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include therein a finding or findings, to be reviewed at least once every three years, of the average costs per unit of measure incurred by the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction in the city, county, or city and county in identifying and apprehending a person subsequently convicted of violation of Section 594, 594.3, 594.4, 640.5, 640.6, or 640.7 of the Penal Code or a minor subsequently found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of an act prohibited by Section 594, 594.3, 594.4, 640.5, 640.6, or 640.7 of the Penal Code. A city, county, or city and county that does not adopt an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (a) may adopt an ordinance containing the cost finding or findings described in this subdivision. Findings of costs per unit of measure may include, but are not limited to, findings of the hourly costs of employee time and of the costs per mile of operating patrol vehicles.
(c)
If a city, county, or city and county enacts an ordinance pursuant to Section 53069.3 of the Government Code and enacts an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (a), the ordinance enacted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall contain findings, to be reviewed at least once every three years, of the average cost to the city, county, or city and county per unit of measure of removing graffiti and other inscribed material, and of repairing and replacing property of the types frequently defaced with graffiti or other inscribed material that cannot be removed cost effectively. A city, county, or city and county that does not adopt an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (a) may adopt an ordinance containing the cost findings described in this subdivision. Findings of costs per unit of measure may include, but are not limited to, findings of the costs per square inch of removing painted graffiti or of the costs per item of replacing items that have been etched.
(d)
A school district, district, or other local public agency may elect, by formal action of its governing body, to have the probation officer of the county recoup for it, through juvenile court proceedings in accordance with Section 742.16, its costs associated with the defacement by minors of property it owns or possesses by graffiti or other inscribed material. Upon election, the school district, district, or other local public agency shall make the cost findings described in subdivision (c). These cost findings shall be reviewed at least once every three years, at which time the school district, district, or other local public agency, by formal action of its governing body, shall adopt updated cost findings in accordance with subdivision (c). A school district, district, or other local public agency may rescind, by resolution, its election to have the probation officer recoup its costs pursuant to this section. Immediately after making the election described in this subdivision and adopting initial or updated cost findings, and immediately after rescinding said election, the school district, district, or other local public agency shall cause a certified copy of a document memorializing the election, rescission, or cost findings to be forwarded to the clerk of the juvenile court in the county and to the probation officer of the county. A school district, district, or other local public agency that does not elect to have the probation officer of the county recoup its costs pursuant to Section 742.16 may adopt the cost findings described in this subdivision.
(e)
A city, county, or city and county that has elected to have the probation officer of the county recoup its costs pursuant to Section 742.16 shall transmit to the probation officer, forthwith, data about its expenditure of resources in identifying and apprehending any minor about whom a petition is filed alleging that the minor is a person described by Section 602 by reason of the commission of an act prohibited by Section 594, 594.3, 594.4, 640.5, 640.6, or 640.7 of the Penal Code. That data shall be sufficient to enable the probation officer and the juvenile court to calculate the costs to the city, county, or city and county in identifying and apprehending the minor.
(f)
A city, county, or other public agency that has elected to have the probation officer of the county recoup its costs pursuant to Section 742.16 and that has made cost findings pursuant to subdivisions (c) or (d) shall transmit to the probation officer, forthwith, data about its expenditure of resources to remove graffiti or other material inscribed by, or to repair or replace property defaced by, any minor about whom a petition is filed alleging that the minor is a person described by Section 602 by reason of the commission of an act prohibited by Section 594, 594.3, 594.4, 640.5, 640.6, or 640.7 of the Penal Code. That data shall be sufficient to enable the probation officer and the juvenile court to calculate the costs to the city, county, or other local agency for that removal, repair, or replacement.
(g)
The probation officer of a county may establish procedures for collecting the data described in subdivision (e) and (f). These procedures may include a provision that the juvenile court may not award and the probation officer may refuse to collect costs described in this section unless the data required to be provided to the probation officer pursuant to subdivisions (e) and (f) is provided to him or her within a time certain after he or she makes a demand therefor.
References
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 53069.3.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 742.16.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 594.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 602.
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