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Cal. Penal Code § 4476

Findings and Declarations

Known as the County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure Bond Act

The act spans §§ 4475–4495 (22 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 4 Cal. App. 4th 1151 - County of Lassen v. State of California (1992)

Most recently applied in 4 Cal. App. 4th 1151 - County of Lassen v. State of California (March 1992)

Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 12, Sec. 1

It is found and declared that:

(a) While the County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1981 and the County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1984 have helped eliminate many of the critically overcrowded conditions found in the 164 county jail facilities in the state, many problems remain.

(b) Numerous county jails and juvenile facilities throughout California are dilapidated and overcrowded.

(c) Capital improvements are necessary to protect life and safety of the persons confined or employed in jail facilities and to upgrade the health and sanitary conditions of those facilities.

(d) County jails are threatened with closure or the imposition of court supervision if health and safety deficiencies are not corrected immediately.

(e) Due to fiscal constraints associated with the loss of local property tax revenues, counties are unable to finance the construction of adequate jail and juvenile facilities.

(f) Local facilities for adults and juveniles are operating over capacity and the population of these facilities is still increasing. It is essential to the public safety that construction of new facilities proceed as expeditiously as possible to relieve overcrowding and to maintain public safety and security.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.