Cal. PEN § 7005.5
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 7005.5, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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(a) Any funds appropriated for mitigation costs pursuant to Section 7005 shall be divided as follows: one-half for allocation among any impacted local education agency, and one-half for allocation among any impacted city, county, or city and county.
(b) Any funds appropriated for mitigation of costs of a city, county, or city and county shall be divided among any city, county, or city and county impacted by the prison construction or expansion.
(c) Funds to be allocated among any impacted city, county, or city and county shall be paid directly to each impacted entity by the Department of Corrections upon receipt of resolutions adopted by the governing body of each impacted city, county, or city and county indicating agreement by an entity regarding the specific allocations to that entity. Only a local impacted entity whose current approved sphere of influence includes the site of increased inmate housing capacity shall be deemed to be a jurisdiction eligible for mitigation pursuant to Section 7005.
(d) Funds to be allocated among any impacted local education agency shall be disbursed to the county superintendent of schools for allocation among any impacted local education agency.
(b) Any funds appropriated for mitigation of costs of a city, county, or city and county shall be divided among any city, county, or city and county impacted by the prison construction or expansion.
(c) Funds to be allocated among any impacted city, county, or city and county shall be paid directly to each impacted entity by the Department of Corrections upon receipt of resolutions adopted by the governing body of each impacted city, county, or city and county indicating agreement by an entity regarding the specific allocations to that entity. Only a local impacted entity whose current approved sphere of influence includes the site of increased inmate housing capacity shall be deemed to be a jurisdiction eligible for mitigation pursuant to Section 7005.
(d) Funds to be allocated among any impacted local education agency shall be disbursed to the county superintendent of schools for allocation among any impacted local education agency.
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