Commencing July 1, 2005, any reference to the Department of the Youth Authority refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, which has jurisdiction over all educational training and treatment institutions now or hereafter established and maintained in the state as correctional schools for the reception of wards of the juvenile court and other persons committed to the department.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 1000
Establishment and General Government
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 2 Cal. 5th 402 - People v. Winbush (2017)
Most recently applied in 2 Cal. 5th 402 - People v. Winbush (January 2017)
Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 10, Sec. 72
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