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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 6 - ADMISSIONS AND JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS
PART 2 - JUDICIAL COMMITMENTS
CHAPTER 2 - Commitment Classification
ARTICLE 2 - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Section 6501.
Universal Citation: CA Welf & Inst Code § 6501 (2021)
6501.
If a person is charged with a violent felony, as described in Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, and the individual has been committed to the State Department of Developmental Services pursuant to Section 1370.1 of the Penal Code or Section 6500 for placement in a secure treatment facility, as described in subdivision (e) of Section 1370.1 of the Penal Code, the department shall give priority to placing the individual at Porterville Developmental Center prior to placing the individual at any other secure treatment facility.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 25, Sec. 20. (AB 1472) Effective June 27, 2012.)
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