2007 California Government Code Article 1. General Provisions, Findings, And Definitions 26290-26290.8

CA Codes (gov:26290-26290.8)

26290.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the San
Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Act.



26290.1.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
existing state of overcrowding in the jails, sheriff, and court
facilities in San Joaquin County is so great as to significantly
impede the administration of justice and create a situation wherein
persons who are a danger to society are required to be released into
that society for lack of adequate facilities to house them.  The
Legislature further finds and declares that it is in the public
interest to create the San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility
Financing Agency so that regional justice facility and prevention
program needs may be addressed in an expeditious and appropriate
fashion.  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is in
the public interest to allow the voters to approve a general tax for
the general governmental purposes of the San Joaquin County Regional
Justice Facility Financing Agency.



26290.2.  "Bonds" means indebtedness and securities of any kind or
class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and
commercial paper.


26290.3.  "Agency" means the San Joaquin County Regional Justice
Facility Financing Agency.



26290.4.  "County" means the County of San Joaquin.



26290.5.  "Board of supervisors" means the Board of Supervisors of
the County of San Joaquin.



26290.6.  "Master plan" means the plan for construction and
acquisition of adult detention facilities, sheriff facilities,
functionally related court facilities, and structures necessary or
convenient thereto.  The plan shall be developed and approved, and
may be amended from time to time, by the board of supervisors.  The
master plan may include, but is not limited to, the following:
   (a) The number of adult detention facilities, sheriff facilities,
functionally related court facilities, to be constructed, furnished,
or acquired.
   (b) The geographic location at which the facilities referenced in
subdivision (a) shall be sited.
   (c) The time schedule according to which the facilities referenced
in subdivision (a) shall be constructed, furnished, or acquired.
   (d) Construction standards which shall apply to facilities
constructed, furnished, or acquired pursuant to this chapter.
   (e) Design standards which shall apply to facilities constructed,
furnished, or acquired pursuant to this chapter.
   (f) Those other requirements as the board of supervisors, in
carrying out its responsibility for the provision of regional
detention services, deems necessary and appropriate.




26290.7.  "Prevention program" means a program, administered by the
county, designed to decrease the number of inmates incarcerated in
county adult detention facilities by providing alternatives to
incarceration, or by providing counseling, diversion, or intervention
programs, or by providing both.  Alternatives to incarceration,
include, but are not limited to, alternative work programs, work
furlough programs, half-way houses, and own recognizance services.
Counseling, diversion, or intervention programs, include, but are not
limited to, drug and alcohol counseling, parole counseling, and
pretrial screening.


26290.8.  "Functionally related court facility" means a court
facility that is used solely for criminal prosecutions and handling
inmates.