2009 California Welfare and Institutions Code - Section 1700-1705 :: Article 1. General Provisions And Definitions

1700.  The purpose of this chapter is to protect society from the
consequences of criminal activity and to that purpose community
restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment
shall be substituted for retributive punishment and shall be directed
toward the correction and rehabilitation of young persons who have
committed public offenses.

1701.  This chapter may be cited as the Youth Authority Act.

1702.  This chapter shall apply only to public offenses committed
subsequently to the date upon which it becomes effective.

1703.  Commencing July 1, 2005, as used in this chapter the
following terms have the following meanings:
   (a) "Public offenses" means public offenses as that term is
defined in the Penal Code.
   (b) "Court" includes any official authorized to impose sentence
for a public offense.
   (c) "Youth Authority," "Authority," "authority," or "division"
means the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of
Juvenile Facilities.
   (d) "Board" or "board" means the Board of Parole Hearings, until
January 1, 2007, at which time "board" shall refer to the body
created to hear juvenile parole matters under the jurisdiction of the
Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice in the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
   (e) The masculine pronoun includes the feminine.

1704.  Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with or
limit the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

1705.  It is the intention of the Legislature that all persons in
the custody of an institution under the supervision of the Department
of the Youth Authority shall be afforded reasonable opportunities to
exercise religious freedom.