2011 California Code
Penal Code
PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006 - 14315]
CHAPTER 5.7. High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program
Section 13848.4

(a) Moneys allocated for the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13821 shall be expended to fund programs to enhance the capacity of local law enforcement and prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute high technology related crimes. After deduction of the actual and necessary administrative costs referred to in subdivision (f), the funds shall be expended to fund programs to enhance the capacity of local law enforcement, state police, and local prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute high technology related crimes. Any funds distributed under this chapter shall be expended for the exclusive purpose of deterring, investigating, and prosecuting high technology related crimes.

(b) Up to 10 percent of the funds shall be used for developing and maintaining a statewide database on high technology crime for use in developing and distributing intelligence information to participating law enforcement agencies. In addition, the Secretary of California Emergency Management may allocate and award up to 5 percent of the funds available to public agencies or private nonprofit organizations for the purposes of establishing statewide programs of education, training, and research for public prosecutors, investigators, and law enforcement officers relating to deterring, investigating, and prosecuting high technology related crimes. Any funds not expended in a fiscal year for these purposes shall be distributed to regional high technology theft task forces pursuant to subdivision (b).

(c) Any regional task force receiving funds under this section may elect to have the Department of Justice administer the regional task force program. The department may be reimbursed for any expenditures incurred for administering a regional task force from funds given to local law enforcement pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) The California Emergency Management Agency shall distribute funds to eligible agencies pursuant to subdivision (b) in consultation with the High Technology Crime Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 13848.6.

(e) Administration of the overall program and the evaluation and monitoring of all grants made pursuant to this chapter shall be performed by the California Emergency Management Agency.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 16. Effective February 20, 2009.)